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In the Opera Box (No. 3)
Mary Stevenson Cassatt (American, 1844–1926)
about 1880
Medium/Technique
Soft ground etching, etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Platemark: 20.5 x 18.6 cm (8 1/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 36 x 26.5 cm (14 3/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 36 x 26.5 cm (14 3/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henri M. Petiet, confirmed by his estate
Accession Number2001.689
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Breeskin 022, iii/vii (Breeskin counts only iv states)
State
iii/vii
Signed
Not signed
Marks
Watermark: Hallines and a fragment of a shield
Verso: In red ink, lower right: collector's stamp of Atelier Ed. Degas (Lugt 657)
Verso: In red ink, lower right: collector's stamp of Atelier Ed. Degas (Lugt 657)
InscriptionsRecto: in graphite, lower right: ABD 22 III ND
ProvenanceEdgar Degas (b. 1834 - d. 1917), Paris (atelier stamp, Lugt 657). Henri M. Petiet (b. 1894 – d. 1980), Paris; 2001, gift of the estate of Henri Petiet to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2001)