With Durand-Ruel, Paris, France, 1897; with Durand-Ruel, New York, 1898; Elizabeth Stewart Hamilton, New York, acquired from the above, 1905; by descent, to her nephew, Hamilton Hadden, 1935; by descent, to his daughter, Leslie Hadden Kernan, circa 1950; estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 20 May 1998, lot 20; where acquired by Ann (1941-2020) and Gordon Getty, San Francisco; their sale, Christie's, New York, The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection, 21 October 2022, lot 171, where acquired, 2022.

Boston (MA), St. Botolph Club, An Exhibition of Paintings, Pastels and Etchings, March 21-April 8, 1898, no. 2.New York, Durand-Ruel, Exhibition of Paintings and Pastels by Mary Cassatt, November 5-21, 1903, no. 20.Art Club of Philadelphia, Fourteenth Annual Exhibition of Water Colors and Pastels, March 20-April 16, 1905, no. 179, illustrated (as The Caress).Northampton (MA), Smith College Museum of Art, 1928, no. 1.San Francisco, Legion of Honor, Women Impressionists: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzales, Marie Braquemond, June 19-September 21, 2008, pp. 172, 310.San Francisco, Legion of Honor, Paperworks: 15 Years of Acquisitions, 2022-2023.Philadelphia Museum of Art and San Francisco, Legion of Honor, Mary Cassatt at Work, 2024-2025.

(Possibly) "The Gilder," Town Topics, vol. 50, November 12, 1903, p. 17.
G. Geffroy, "Femmes artistes: Un peintre de l'enfance, Miss Mary Cassatt," Les Modes, vol. 4, February 1904, p. 11, illustrated.
"Philadelphia Art News," American Art News, vol. 3, March 25, 1905, n.p. (as The Caress).
"Fine Exhibition Opened at Art Club: Private View Reveals Display Especially Strong in Pastels and Generally Excellent," Philadelphia Inquirer, March 19, 1905, p. 6 (as The Caress).
"The Latest News in Art Circles," Philadelphia Inquirer, March 19, 1905, p. 9, illustrated (as The Caress).
L. Merrick, "The Art of Mary Cassatt: Talent, Intelligence, Industry, and Poetic Feeling Have Placed an American Girl in the Front Rank," Delineator, vol. 74, August 2, 1909, p. 121 (as The Kiss).
G. Teall, "Mother and Child: The Theme as Developed in the Art of Mary Cassatt," Good Housekeeping, vol. 50, February 1910, p. 144, illustrated (as Mother's Kiss).
É. Valerio, Mary Cassatt, Paris,1930, pl. 10, illustrated (as Le Baiser).
M. Garland, The Changing Face of Childhood, London, 1963, p. 33, illustrated (as Mother and Child).
M. Shulze, "Modern Madonna Painter," Hartford Courant, July 24, 1966, p. 13F, illustrated (as Mother and Child).
A.D. Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings, Washington, D.C., 1970, p. 125, no. 268, illustrated.
S.G. Lindsay, Mary Cassatt and Philadelphia, exh. cat., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1985, p. 91 (as The Caress or A Kiss for Baby Anne, No. 3).
A.E. Berman, "Auction Reviews: American Paintings," Art & Auction, vol. 21, September 20, 1998, p. 55 (as A Kiss for Baby Anne).
K. Sharp, Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman, exh. cat., Chicago, Illinois, 1998, p. 358.J.A. Thompson and L. Garber, eds., Mary Cassatt at Work, Philadelphia and New Haven 2024.