Created in c.1902, this work is presumably a later impression from the only state created of the image.  The work is occasionally printed in black and white; this particular work features hand-applied coloring in blue and green.  Printed on a buff colored wove paper with deckle edges on all sides.  Other examples of this work can be found in the collections of the Delaware Art Museum, Amherst College Massachusetts, the Cincinnati Art Museum, and the Wadsworth Athenaeum Connecticut.

Focusing our attention upon the facial features of young Margot, Cassatt removes any of the surrounding details of the space inhabited by the figure.  In doing so, the artist creates an endearing image of a young girl who patiently sits while her features are noted.  Clad in a ornate dress with puffed sleeves, the sitter appears with one pudgy arm resting on the couch while the other is draped along the back of a chair.  Her large bonnet accentuates the ornamental quality of the figure.  Margot appears both as a youthful child with impatient wandering eyes and as a young adult who know how to comport oneself.  With her wandering gaze Margot addresses someone beyond the picture plane adding a narrative quality to the work.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
This Cassatt etching is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work).

1. Breeskin, A. D. (1981). Mary Cassatt: Graphic Art. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 45.

2. Breeskin, A.D. (1979). Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 179 on pg. 164.

3. Mathews, N.M & Shapiro, B.S. (1989). Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints. Harry N. Abrams, Inc.: New York. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. Br.179 on pg. 198.

About the Framing:
Conservation framed with archival museum quality, this work is set in a Spanish style black and gold frame.  The warm tones of the gold moulding compliments the soft pastel colors in this work.  Elegantly carved sculptural elements of repeated curved linear details, accentuate the natural organic shapes in this piece.  Completed with white linen wrapped mattes and a matching gold inner fillet, this work is set behind archival Plexiglas.  A gold plaque below the image is engraved ‘Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), Original Etching’.