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Provenance

Durand-Ruel, Paris (probably acquired directly from the artist circa 1914) James Stillman, New York and Paris (probably acquired from the above) Dr. Ernest Goodrich Stillman, New York (acquired by descent from the above) Acquired as a gift from the above in 1922 by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Tableaux, pastels, dessins, et pointes-sèches par Mary Cassatt , 1914, no. 3 (titled Buste de jeune fille ) Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, Works by Sargent, Whistler, and Cassatt , 1954 Southampton, New York, Parrish Art Museum, Impressionist Paintings by American Artists , 1959 Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, Art in America: 1830-1950 , 1969 Maine, Portland Museum of Art, Miss Mary Cassatt: Impressionist from Philadelphia , 1979 Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, American Impressionism: Paintings of Promise , 1997-98, p. 52, pl. 12, illustrated in color Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, 2003-05 Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, 2005-09

Literature

Worcester Art Museum, ed., Worcester Art Museum Catalogue of Paintings and Drawings , 1922, p. 169 Worcester Art Museum, ed., Worcester Art Museum Annual Report , 1922, p. 15 Worcester Art Museum, ed., Worcester Art Museum Bulletin , vol. 13, no. 1, April 1922, p. 25 Edith Valerio, Mary Cassatt , Paris, 1930, pl. 19, illustrated (titled Buste de jeune fille ) Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings , Washington, D.C., 1970, no. 549, p. 201, illustrated Frank Getlein, Mary Cassatt: Paintings and Prints , New York, 1980, pp. 152-53, illustrated in color Nancy Mowll Mathews, Mary Cassatt , New York, 1987, pp. 147-48, pl. 132, illustrated; p. 149 Millicent Dillon, After Egypt: Isadora Duncan & Mary Cassatt, A Dual Biography , New York, 1990, p. 110 Exh. Cat., The Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman , 1998, p. 175 notes 66 and 77

Catalog summary

Property from the Worcester Art Museum, Sold to Benefit Future Acquisitions Mary Cassatt 1844 - 1926 Young Woman in Green, Outdoors in the Sun signed Mary Cassatt (lower right) oil on canvas 21 ⅝ by 18 ⅛ in. 54.9 by 46 cm. Executed circa 1914. This work is included as no. 666 in the Cassatt Committee's revision of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin's catalogue raisonné of the works of Mary Cassatt. Provenance Durand-Ruel, Paris (probably acquired directly from the artist circa 1914) James Stillman, New York and Paris (probably acquired from the above) Dr. Ernest Goodrich Stillman, New York (acquired by descent from the above) Acquired as a gift from the above in 1922 by the present owner Exhibited Paris, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Tableaux, pastels, dessins, et pointes-sèches par Mary Cassatt , 1914, no. 3 (titled Buste de jeune fille ) Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, Works by Sargent, Whistler, and Cassatt , 1954 Southampton, New York, Parrish Art Museum, Impressionist Paintings by American Artists , 1959 Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, Art in America: 1830-1950 , 1969 Maine, Portland Museum of Art, Miss Mary Cassatt: Impressionist from Philadelphia , 1979 Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, American Impressionism: Paintings of Promise , 1997-98, p. 52, pl. 12, illustrated in color Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, 2003-05 Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, 2005-09 Literature Worcester Art Museum, ed., Worcester Art Museum Catalogue of Paintings and Drawings , 1922, p. 169 Worcester Art Museum, ed., Worcester Art Museum Annual Report , 1922, p. 15 Worcester Art Museum, ed., Worcester Art Museum Bulletin , vol. 13, no. 1, April 1922, p. 25 Edith Valerio, Mary Cassatt , Paris, 1930, pl. 19, illustrated (titled Buste de jeune fille ) Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings , Washington, D.C., 1970, no. 549, p. 201, illustrated Frank Getlein, Mary Cassatt: Paintings and Prints , New York, 1980, pp. 152-53, illustrated in color Nancy Mowll Mathews, Mary Cassatt , New York, 1987, pp. 147-48, pl. 132, illustrated; p. 149 Millicent Dillon, After Egypt: Isadora Duncan & Mary Cassatt, A Dual Biography , New York, 1990, p. 110 Exh. Cat., The Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman , 1998, p. 175 notes 66 and 77