Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926
Painter
This site provides access to the letters of Mary Cassatt in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2014, and total 239 images.
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Size: 0.2 Linear feet
Summary: This small collection of sixty-three letters written by painter Mary Cassatt dates from 1882 to 1926. The bulk of these letters are to Cassatt's nephew, Robert Kelso Cassatt, and to his wife Minnie regarding family, mutual friends, and travel. The remaining letters are to friends regarding purchases of artwork, travel, and personal news. There is also one newsclipping of Cassett's obituary.
Painter Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) lived and worked in Paris, France. She is one of the preeminent Impressionists known for her depictions of both the social and domestic lives of women and their children. Read More
Items in this collection are gifts of various donors. The letters to Peter and Vollard were donated by Charles Feinberg in 1955. The letters to William T. Evans, Miss Lamb, and Miss Stillman were transferred from the National Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institution in 1980. An obituary and the letters to Robert Kelso Cassatt and his wife Minnie were donated by Alexander J. Cassatt Jr., the great nephew of Mary Cassatt, in 1986.
The collection is in English.
This site provides access to the letters of Mary Cassatt in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2014, and total 239 images.
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
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