Apr 28, 2022 - Sale 2602

Sale 2602 - Lot 263

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
MARY CASSATT
Preparing Bill for an Outing.

Soft-ground etching printed in dark brownish black on antique cream laid paper, circa 1889. 162x123 mm; 6 1/2x4 3/4 inches, full margins. Second state (of 2). Edition of 25. Initialed in pencil, lower right, and inscribed "II. No. 19" in pencil, lower left. A very good impression of this extremely scarce etching, with crisp, inky plate edges.

We have not found another impression at auction in the past 30 years. Breeskin 106.