Mary Cassatt
American, 1844-1926
Susan in a Straw Bonnet
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Mary Cassatt
American, 1844-1926c. 1883
Susan in a Straw Bonnet
Mary Cassatt American, 1844-1926 →pasteldrawings (visual works)
Date
c. 1883
Medium
Pastel on paper
Dimensions
62.3 × 51.2 cm (24 1/2 × 20 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Kate L. Brewster
Mary Cassatt preferred to use friends, relatives, and close acquaintances as her models. Susan was a cousin of Cassatt’s housekeeper Mathilde Valet and frequently posed for Cassatt in the early 1880s.
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