ART MARKET.(art auction and exhibition of works of painter Mary Cassatt)(Brief Article)

From: Town & Country | Date: December 1, 2000| Author: BERMAN, ANN E. | Copyright information

There's something about Mary--Mary Cassatt, that is. Many of her devotees think they know the work of the great American expatriate artist, who died in Paris in 1926. But her soft-edged paintings and pastels of women and children are only part of the picture. Cassatt's etchings, engravings and aquatints are some of the most important and beautiful works she produced. This month her admirers have a chance to view--and purchase--more than 200 prints and drawings that have rarely seen...

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