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Reading the Newspaper, No. 2

A work made of soft ground etching and aquatint on cream laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of soft ground etching and aquatint on cream laid paper.

Date:

c. 1883

Artist:

Mary Cassatt
American, 1844-1926

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Mary Cassatt

Title

Reading the Newspaper, No. 2

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1883

Medium

Soft ground etching and aquatint on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 13.5 × 16.5 cm (5 3/8 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 23.6 × 31.7 cm (9 5/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Through prior gifts of Stanley Field, Katharine Kuh, Potter Palmer II, and Marjorie H. Watkins

Reference Number

2000.417

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