Sep 24, 2015 - Sale 2392

Sale 2392 - Lot 53

Price Realized: $ 23,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 25,000 - $ 35,000
MARY CASSATT
Reine and Margot Seated on a Sofa (No. 2).

Drypoint, circa 1902. 430x327 mm; 17x12 7/8 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 50. Initialed in pencil, lower right. "A. Porcaboeuf" watermark. A superb impression of this very scarce drypoint with strong burr, inky plate edges and warm plate tone.

Ex-collection Solange Accolas (1895-1976), with a dedication to her from Cassatt in ink, on a separate sheet.

We have found only 6 other impressions at auction in the past 30 years. Breeskin 177.