Introduction: Here below you will find an impression of the at least 18 works that Mary Cassatt showed at the 5th ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1880, including at least 10 engravings that were probably meant for the project ‘Le jour et la nuit’. All the works are portraits / figure paintings (catalogue numbers 17-32). Mark the softness and gentleness of no.20 and the palet of colours on the skin of no. 22. Note also the stronger indicated lines in no.21.
Some suggestions are very uncertain, others I just render to compare, see account. I render the pictures by format, theme and number. See link for the subscriptions and see for the sources at the bottom of the main page on Mary Cassatt. Note: If you double click on the first (of a cluster of) pictures and then click on full screen, you can create a slideshow. Enjoy!
Mary Cassatt, 5IE-1880-17, Portrait de Mme J… Maybe: 1879ca, CR71, A visitor in hat and coat holding a Maltese dog, 35×27, private (iR92;iR2;R2,p311;R90II,p146;R187,no71). Compare: 4IE-1879-51.
Mary Cassatt, 5IE-1880-17, Portrait de Mme. J. Maybe: 1880-3ca, CR129, Mrs. Gardner Cassatt in Black, 81×65, Baltimore MA (iR2;iR59;R2,p321;R90II,p147+161;R187,no129)
Mary Cassatt, 5IE-1880-18, Portrait de Mlle G. Uncertain: 1880, Lady with a Fan (Portrait of Anne Charlotte Gaillard) , 82×65, private (iR92;iR2;iR10;R2,p311)
Mary Cassatt, 5IE-1880-19, Portrait de Mlle H. Very uncertain: 1878, Portrait of an Italian Lady, 80×59, GM Tulsa (aR1;iR92;R2,p311)
Mary Cassatt, 5IE-1880-20, Sur le balcon. Probably: 1878-80, CR94, Woman reading in a garden (on a balcony), 89×65, AI Chicago (iR92;iR2;iR6;iR59;aR1;R2,p310/1;R90II,p146+161;R187,no94)
Mary Cassatt, 5IE-1880-21, Le thé. Now: 1880ca, CR78, 5 o’clock Tea, 65×93, MFA Boston (iR3;R2,p305;R90II,p146+161;R44,p17;R187,no78)
Mary Cassatt, 5IE-1880-22, Au théâtre. Now: 1879ca, CR63, Lydia Leaning on Her Arms, Seated in Loge (at the theatre), pastel, 55×46, NAMA Kansas (iR3;R2,p304;R44,p59;R90II,p161;R187,no63)
Mary Cassatt, 5IE-1880-23, Portrait de Mme C. Uncertain: 1880, CR97, Lydia Cassatt in a Green Bonnet and a Coat, 50×60, private (iR92;iR10;R2,p311;R187,p62)
Mary Cassatt, 5IE-1880-24, jeune femme Compare: 1881-82ca, CR105, Susan in a Toque Trimmed with Two Roses (la jeune femme), 53×46, private (iR92;iR10;R2,p311;R187,no105)
Mary Cassatt, 5IE-1880-25-1, Femme au théâtre, premier état. Compare: 1879-80, CR22, In the Opera Box (no.3), etch 2nd, 21×19, private (R84,p238;iR59;R90II,p147+161;R188,no22;R2,p311). Compare: 4IE-1879-49.
Mary Cassatt: 5IE-1880-25-2, Femme au théâtre, dernier état =!? 1879-80, CR22, In the Opera Box (no.3), etch 4th, 21×19, Metropolitan (R84,p238;iR59;R90II,p147+161;R188,no22;R2,p311). Compare: 4IE-1879-49.
Mary Cassatt, 5IE-1880-30, Homme lisant, eau forte =1883, CR74, Mr. Cassatt reading, etch, 16×12, private (R188,no74;R90II,p147+162;R2,p311)
Mary Cassatt, 5IE-1880-27, Portrait d’enfant, Eau forte, second etat =1883, CR49, Mlle Luquet seated on a couch, etch soft aqua, 22×14, NYPL (R188,no49;iR6;iR61;R90II,p147+162;R2,p311)
Mary Cassatt, 5IE-1880-28, Enfant en chapeau, eau-forte =1883, CR48, Mlle Luguet in Coat and Hat, etch, 22×13 (or19), NYPL (R188,no48;iR61;iR10;iR48;R90II,p162;R2,p311). Also exhibited at Durand-Ruel in 1893, no.74.
Mary Cassatt, 5IE-1880-32, Portrait de femme, eau-forte Perhaps: 1879, CR5, The Umbrella, etch, 27×18, Philadelphia MA (R188,no5;R90II,p147;R2,p311)
Mary Cassatt, 5IE-1880-29, Au coin de feu, eau-forte Option 2: 1883, CR65, Before the fireplace (no.2), etch, 16×21, NYPL (R188,no65;R90II,p147+162;R2,p311)
Mary Cassatt, 5IE-1880-31, Le Soir, eau forte Probably: 1882ca, CR71, Under the lamp, etch, 19×22, A2010/10/26 + NYPL (R188,no71;iR11;iR61;R90II,p147+162;R2,p311)
Mary Cassatt, 5IE-1880-29, au coin du feu. Option 1: 1882ca, CR64, before the fireplace (no.1), etch, 16×21, A2014/09/23 (iR11;R90II,p147+162;R188,no64;R2,p311)
Mary Cassatt, 5IE-1880-31, Le soir. Maybe(?): 1882ca, CR72, Reading the newspaper, etch, 14×22, A2007/10/30 (iR11;R188,no72;R2,p311)
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