Property from the Collection of Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen, Jr.
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)

Françoise in a Round-Backed Chair, Reading

Price realised USD 1,538,500
Estimate
USD 1,000,000 – USD 1,500,000
Closed: 1 May 2012
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Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)

Françoise in a Round-Backed Chair, Reading

Price realised USD 1,538,500
Closed: 1 May 2012
Price realised USD 1,538,500
Closed: 1 May 2012
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Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
Françoise in a Round-Backed Chair, Reading
signed 'Mary Cassatt' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28¼ x 23¼ in. (71.6 x 59.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1909
Provenance
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the artist, 9 August 1909).
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, 1 December 1910).
Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, New York (acquired from the above, 27 February 1912).
Adaline Havemeyer Frelinghuysen, Morristown, New Jersey (by descent from the above, 1929).
By descent from the above to the present owner, 1963.
Literature
"Notable Works of Art Entered for Annual 'American' Exhibition" in Chicago Daily Tribune, 11 November 1911, p. 2 (illustrated; titled Little Girl Reading).
"Art at Home and Abroad: Engravings Printed in Color on View at the Grolier Club--English Rustic Life in the Eighteenth Century" in New York Times Magazine, 7 May 1911, p. SM15 (titled Little Girl Reading).
A. Alexandre, "La collection Havemeyer et Miss Cassatt" in La Renaissance de l'art français et des industries de luxe 13, February 1930, p. 56 (illustrated; titled Fillette lisant).
H. O. Havemeyer Collection: Catalogue of Paintings, Prints, Sculpture, and Objects of Art, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1931, p. 430 (illustrated; titled Girl Reading).
I.S. Monro and K.M. Monro, Index to Reproductions of American Paintings, New York, 1948, p. 125 (titled Little Girl Reading).
A.D. Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors and Drawings, Washington, D.C., 1970, p. 197, no. 535 (illustrated).
S.A. Stein, "Chronology" in In Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1993, pp. 259 and 282 (titled Girl Reading).
Exhibited
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 15th Annual Exhibition, April-June 1911, no. 38 (illustrated; titled Little Girl Reading).
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, January 1911.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Mary Cassatt, December 1926-January 1927, no. 7 (titled Girl Reading).
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, A Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mary Cassatt, March-April 1928, no. 6 (titled Girl Reading).
Baltimore Museum of Art, Mary Cassatt, November 1941-January 1942, no. 61 (titled Girl Reading).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (on extended loan).

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