About this artwork
The Child’s Bath is a tender portrayal of familial closeness, a subject that Mary Cassatt explored throughout her career. The caregiver’s cheek brushing the child’s shoulder, her encircling embrace, and the child’s pudgy hand on her knee suggest an emotional bond between the two.
Captivated by a large exhibition of Japanese prints in Paris in 1890, Cassatt set out to produce a series of color prints influenced by Japanese aesthetics. She then continued her investigation across media, culminating in this bold composition, with its dramatically flattened picture plane, decorative patterning, and bright palette.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of the Americas
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Artist
- Mary Cassatt
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Title
- The Child's Bath
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Place
- France (Object made in)
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Date
- 1893
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Medium
- Oil on canvas
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Inscriptions
- Signed recto, bottom-left, on floor, in blue paint: "Mary Cassatt".
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Dimensions
- 100.3 × 66.1 cm (39 1/2 × 26 in.)
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Credit Line
- Robert A. Waller Fund
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Reference Number
- 1910.2
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/111442/manifest.json
Extended information about this artwork
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