Mary Cassatt1844 - 1926Smiling Mother with Sober Faced Childpastel on tan paper mounted on canvas32 by 25½ in.81 by 65 cm.Executed circa 1903-04.This pastel is included as no. 420 in the Cassatt Committee's revision of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin's catalogue raisonné of the works of Mary Cassatt. 品相: The medium appears fresh and the pigment undisturbed. There are scattered repaired tears around the perimeter of the sheet, and the adhesive is slightly discolored. The most significant repaired tear runs from the upper left corner to the mother's shoulder; another runs along the left edge. There is frame abrasion to the extreme outer edges.Framed: 43 by 36 1/2 in. (109 by 93 cm.)The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The condition report is provided to assist you with assessing the condition of the lot and is for guidance only. Any reference to condition in the condition report for the lot does not amount to a full description of condition. The images of the lot form part of the condition report for the lot. Certain images of the lot provided online may not accurately reflect the actual condition of the lot. In particular, the online images may represent colors and shades which are different to the lot's actual color and shades. The condition report for the lot may make reference to particular imperfections of the lot but you should note that the lot may have other faults not expressly referred to in the condition report for the lot or shown in the online images of the lot. The condition report may not refer to all faults, restoration, alteration or adaptation. The condition report is a statement of opinion only. For that reason, the condition report is not an alternative to taking your own professional advice regarding the condition of the lot. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS ONLINE CONDITION REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE/BUSINESS APPLICABLE TO THE RESPECTIVE SALE.来源: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 22 February 1963, no. 24 (as Mère et Enfant)(probably) Adolphe Stein, Paris(probably) Findlay Galleries, Chicago, IllinoisSotheby's London, 23 October 1963, no. 66 (as Mère et Enfant)Acquavella Galleries, New YorkMr. and Mrs. Michael Orman, Miami, Florida (acquired by 1971)Christie's New York, 1 June 1984, lot 190Private Collection (acquired from the above)Sotheby's New York, 6 March 2019, lot 117 (consigned by the above)Acquired from the above by the present owner来源_1: Art Quarterly, vol. 26, issue 4, 1963, p. 508Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings, Washington, D.C., 1970, no. 242, p. 116, illustrated Richard H. Love, Cassatt: The Independent, Chicago, Illinois, 1980, p. 34, illustrated来源_2: This charming pastel appears to be a study for a portrait of Louisine Havemeyer and her daughter Electra. Havemeyer was perhaps the most prominent American patron of Impressionist art at the turn of the twentieth century, and Mary Cassatt played a pivotal role in the development of her collection. "I call [Cassatt] my fairy godmother of my collection," said Havemeyer, "for the best things I own have been bought on her judgement and advice" (quoted in Shelburne Museum, Cassatt/Havemeyer: Art, Collection, and Social Influence).