Pasquale Iannetti Art Gallery

Original drypoint in black ink on wove paper with full margins. A posthumous impression of Breeskin's only state. In excellent condition, framed with conservation materials.

Platemark: 8 3/4" x 5 1/4"; Sheet: 11 1/16" x 7 3/8"; Framed: 19 7/8" x 17 3/4"
Catalogue reference: Breeskin 202+

Degas greatly admired Cassatt's drawing and it was he who encouraged her to make prints. She virtually always worked directly from a sitter onto the copper plate, which is one reason why she achieved such marvelous spontaneity.

Although Cassatt used etching, aquatint and also lithography for some of her prints, her favorite print medium was drypoint. The sensitivity of that medium, the inherent finesse of the line, which can be varied from the most dramatic of shadowy tonality to the epitome of delicacy, was a perfect compliment to her drawing style, The intimate un-stylized nature of her studies of mothers and children are the epitome of one aspect of Impressionism.