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Look through the windows for the river and bridge, then compare that distant view with the large, flat shapes of the passengers’ skirts.
Cassatt made this design for a group of ten color prints exhibited in 1891. Two women and a child occupy the shared space of public transport. Fine outlines and larger areas of color do different jobs: one describes small details, while the other holds the passengers together within the narrow interior.
Color aquatint and drypoint on ivory laid paper · Plate: 36.7 × 26.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Impressionism
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Details and source
- Museum title
- In the Omnibus
- Artist
- Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926) printed with Leroy (French, active 1876-1900)
- Date
- 1890–91
- Medium
- Color aquatint and drypoint on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 36.7 × 26.8 cm (14 1/2 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet: 43.7 × 30 cm (17 1/4 × 11 13/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.