Nov 01, 2018 - Sale 2491

Sale 2491 - Lot 209

Unsold
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
MARY CASSATT
Baby's Lullaby.

Drypoint printed in dark brownish black on cream wove paper, circa 1887. 159x159 mm; 6 1/4x6 1/4 inches, full margins. Second state (of 2). Signed in pencil, lower right. Ex-collection Robert Hartshorne (Lugt 2215b, verso; according to Lugt, Hartshorne's collection, sold New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, January 23, 1946, contained an impressive 54 Cassatt prints). A superb impression of this extremely scarce print.

Breeskin cites only 4 impressions in both states combined in public collections; we have found only 2 impressions at auction in the past 30 years. Breeskin 110.