Description
Mary Cassatt Autograph Letter Signed ” Mary Cassatt.”
Two pages front and back, 5.5″ x 3.5″, Paris, France; November 2, [no year].
Two pages front and back, 5.5″ x 3.5″, Paris, France; November 2, [no year].
Written in French, with content regarding artwork by Edward Degas, her friend and collaborator. Written to an unknown recipient, a translation reads: “
Sir, I have not forgotten our meeting at [illegible] and I will be very happy to be on the committee. My Degas are in Auvergne, otherwise I would have brought them to you. I am always at home after 4:30 and would be happy to see you with Mr. [illegible] whenever you would like to come. Please know, sir, that I have only the best impression of you.“
Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker who lived much of her adult life in France. Her father, Robert Simpson Cassat (later Cassatt), was a politician, stockbroker, land speculator, and founder of the Philadelphia banking house of Lloyd, Cassatt & Co. Mary’s brother, Alexander J. Cassatt, was the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1899 to 1906.
Condition: Light edge toning. Boldly signed
