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Mary Cassatt
American (active in France), 1844–1926
Portrait of Mrs. Cyrus J. Lawrence with her Grandson R. Lawrence Oakley
c. 1898
Emily Lawrence is shown interrupting her knitting to grasp her grandson’s hand as he leans over the back of her chair. The portrait was commissioned by Emily’s husband, the collector Cyrus L. Lawrence, while Cassatt was visiting her family and friends in the United States after nearly twenty years abroad.
The naturalness and informality of the sitters’ poses suggest their mutual affection, demonstrating the artist’s skill in capturing both a likeness and a mood.
Image Caption
Mary Cassatt, Portrait of Mrs. Cyrus J. Lawrence with her Grandson R. Lawrence Oakley, c. 1898, pastel on tan paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of Mrs R Lawrence Oakley, 1973.36
Medium
pastel on tan paper
Dimensions
28 x 23 in. (71.1 x 58.4 cm)
Frame: 39 3/16 x 32 11/16 x 2 1/2 in. (99.5 x 83 x 6.4 cm)
Object Number
1973.36
Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. R. Lawrence Oakley, 1973
Status
Off View
Select Bibliography
Breeskin, Adelyn D. Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970. Anonymous. "La Chronique des Arts: Principales Acquisitions des Musées in 1975." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 87, no. 1286 (supplement, March 1976). Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. 1955-1980: A Twenty-Five Year Report. Clark Art Institute. 1980. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984. Mathews, Nancy Mowll. Mary Cassatt. Library of American Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1987. Conrads, Margaret C. American Paintings and Sculpture at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1990. Kern, Steven, ed. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1992. Nancy Mowll Mathews.. Mary Cassatt: A Life.. New York: Villard Books.. 1994.. Nancy Mowll Mathews.. Mary Cassatt: A Life (paperback edition).. New Haven: Yale University Press,. [1998].. Barter, Judith A., et al. Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Art Institute of Chicago in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1998.
Provenance
Commissioned from Cassatt by Cyrus J. Lawrence, 1833-1908, New York (by 1899-d. 1908); Ralph Lawrence Oakley, 1899-1963, New York, by descent (1908-d. 1963); Mrs. R. Lawrence Oakley, Greenwich, Connecticut, his widow, by descent (1963-1973, by gift to the Clark, 14 Feb. 1973); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1973.