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Compare the stripes of the gown with the patterned carpet, then find the fragment of the woman’s face reflected in the mirror.
This is a color print made with aquatint and drypoint, not a painting. It belongs to the work Cassatt began in 1890 after closely studying Japanese prints. Broad color areas, an angled viewpoint, and repeated patterns turn an everyday act of washing into a carefully organized composition.
Color aquatint and drypoint on off-white laid paper · Image/plate: 36.4 × 26.9 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Impressionism
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Details and source
- Museum title
- Woman Bathing
- Artist
- Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926) printed with Leroy (French, active 1876-1900)
- Date
- 1890–91
- Medium
- Color aquatint and drypoint on off-white laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 36.4 × 26.9 cm (14 3/8 × 10 5/8 in.); Sheet: 43.2 × 30.5 cm (17 1/16 × 12 1/16 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.