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Bust of a Young Woman
ca. 1890
Not on view
In this unfinished portrait of a young woman, the freely crosshatched backdrop of yellow and light-blue pastel strokes underscores the sitter�s sour expression (made evident by her arched eyebrows). Mary Cassatt�s bold pastel techniques and unconventional palette were deeply influenced by her close friendship with Edgar Degas, who held this work in his personal art collection.
- Artist
- Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
- Title
- Bust of a Young Woman
- Date
- ca. 1890
- Object Type
- Drawings
- Medium
- Pastel, over charcoal (or black chalk), on discolored gray wove paper
- Dimensions
- 16 7/8 x 15 3/16 in. (42.9 x 38.6 cm)
- Credit Line
- Memorial gift from Dr. T. Edward and Tullah Hanley, Bradford, Pennsylvania
- Accession Number
- 69.30.22
