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Title: Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur the late Cyrus J. Lawrence, Esq. New York [electronic resource]
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: American Art Association Kirby, Thomas E. (Thomas Ellis), 1846-1924 American Art Galleries
Subjects: Lawrence, Cyrus J
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Frick Art Reference Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Metropolitan New York Library Council METRO

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No. 73ir JARDIS BY MARY CASSATT No. 73 MARY CASSATT AMERICAN (Contemporary ) A V JARDIN Seated on a chair in a verdant garden is a young lady in acool white muslin dress, cut low at the neck and with shortsleeves. Her dark hair is knotted loosely on her head, show-ng the form of a long and slender neck. Before her stands alittle girl in a loose pink frock, her face framed by her longflaxen locks and set offby a broad brimmed hat trimmed withblack. She has been gathering flowers and has brought themto her mother, who holds them in her lap while she fixes onein her dress. The background shows a stretch of velvet lawn,cut by a winding gravel path, with a background of trees andclump of bushes bejeweled with flowers. Signed at the hirer lejl, Mary Cassatt. Height, •„ inches: length, 32 inches. Purchased /torn MieitiHs I)i hasd-Ki ki..
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No. 74 A \ <; E LIC A K A I FFM A X SWITZERLAND (1741-1807) LAI)) AT HER TOILET Til k picture shows] analcove in a tall apartmentwith arched doors andwindows, the openingh u n g with heavy por-tieres. A table coveredwith a green cloth andsurmounted by a mirroroccupies a central posi-tion. Standing by thetable is a young lady indemi-toilette, her darkhair clustering in ringletsabout her forehead, herbare arm supporting theweight of a grey wrapper.Beside her another ladyresplendent in a dress of green velvet with puffed sleeves andelaborately dressed hair is stitehiug a veil onto a red turban.. bending intently over her task. A white satin dress lies on thetable and an open work-box and pair of scissors show thatdressmaking is in progress. A golden glow pervades the roomfrom a window across the corridor and a single shaft of palesunlight enters high up on the left, strikes on the wall andillumines the figures of the two women. Signri/ tit ll/r /oner right, Ancjki.k a K aikkm an , Rou

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