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Mary Cassatt

Woman with a Fan, c. 1878/1879

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 86

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 85.5 x 65.1 cm (33 11/16 x 25 5/8 in.)

framed: 108.6 x 88.9 cm (42 3/4 x 35 in.)

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection

Accession Number

1963.10.95

Artists / Makers

Mary Cassatt (artist) American, 1844 - 1926

Image Use

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Inscription

center left: Mary Cassatt

Provenance

Purchased from the artist by (Durand-Ruel, New York);[1] (sale, Durand-Ruel, New York, 23 October - 12 November 1926, no. 13, as Femme à l'Eventail); Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

[1] According to the Chester Dale papers in NGA curatorial file, Durand-Ruel purchased the painting directly from the artist.

Associated Names

Dale, Chester

Exhibition History

1879: Possibly Le 4me Exposition de Peinture [Fourth Impressionist Exhibition], Paris, 1879, no. 48 as Étude de femme avec éventail.

1893: Exposition Mary Cassatt, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1893, no. 10, as Femme à l'éventail.

1895: Exposition of Paintings, Pastels and Etchings by Miss Mary Cassatt, Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, 1895, no. 2, as Femme à l'Eventail.

1901: Eighth Annual Exhibition of American Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, 1901, no. 1, repro., as Femme à l'Eventail: Woman with Fan.

1903: Paintings and Pastels by Mary Cassatt, Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, 1903, no. 2, as Femme a l'éventail.

1907: 102nd Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1907, no. 127, as Femme a l'eventail.

1909: Pictures by Mary Cassatt, St. Botolph Club, Boston, 1909.

1911: Special Exhibition of Paintings by the Masters of the Modern French School, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1911, no. 10, as Femme à l'éventail.

1914: Fifth Exhibition. Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1914-1915, no. 77, as Woman With a Fan.

1917: Exhibition of Paintings by Six American Women Painters, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; Cleveland Museum of Art; Cincinnati Art Museum; Kansas City Art Institute; City Art Museum, St. Louis, 1917-1918, no. 2, as Woman with Fan.

1924: Exhibition of Paintings and Pastels by Mary Cassatt, Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, 1924, no. 2, as Femme à l'éventail.

1926: A Memorial Collection of the Works of Mary Cassatt, Art Institute of Chicago, 1926-1927, no. 35, repro., as Woman with a Fan.

1926: Exhibition of Paintings and Pastels by Mary Cassatt (1847-1926), Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, October-November 1926, no. 13, as Femme à l'éventail.

1926: Twentieth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, April-June 1926, no. 21, as Woman With a Fan.

1965: The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

1998: Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman, The Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998-1999, no. 9, as Portrait of a Lady (shown only in Washington).

2010: From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, January 2010-January 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1929: Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no. 42, repro., as Dame à L'éventail.

1942: French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 40, repro.

1944: French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1944: 40, repro., as Woman with a Fan.

1953: French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 50, repro.

1965: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 80, repro.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 22, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 34, repro.

1980: Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980: no. 44, color repro.

1981: Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: repro. 134, 138.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 564, no. 860, color repro.

1988: Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Rev. ed. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988: 148, no. 51, color repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 39, repro.