{"title":"Colour on Copper","description":"\u003cp\u003eTen colour prints made in Paris in 1890–91, after Mary Cassatt saw 725 Japanese prints at the École des Beaux-Arts and went home to work out how to do it in copper. She printed them herself and signed each sheet in pencil. She labelled the first one an attempt at imitation. The other nine she did not.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cassatt-the-bath-print","title":"Mary Cassatt — The Bath","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe one she herself labelled an imitation. The other nine she did not.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe document\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA woman in a yellow sprigged dress kneels and lowers a naked child towards a deep blue basin, testing the water with one hand. The blue of the basin is the only saturated area in the sheet and it anchors everything. In the catalogue of her 1891 exhibition this plate carried a designation the other nine did not: \u003ci\u003eEssai d'imitation de l'estampe japonaise\u003c\/i\u003e, an attempt at imitating the Japanese print. It is her own label, on her own work, and it makes this the first sheet of the series in every sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe pencil at the bottom.\u003c\/b\u003e Under the plate mark, in Cassatt's own hand: \u003ci\u003eImprimée par l'artiste et M. Leroy — Mary Cassatt — (25 épreuves)\u003c\/i\u003e. Printed by the artist and M. Leroy, twenty-five impressions. The Japanese sheets she had been studying carried the printer's name beside the artist's, and she did the same. It is reproduced here because it is part of the object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Cassatt (1844–1926) was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and spent her working life in France. She was the only American invited to exhibit with the Impressionists. In April 1890 she saw an exhibition of 725 Japanese prints at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, wrote to Berthe Morisot telling her not to miss it, and spent the following year teaching herself to do in copper what she had seen done in woodblock. She printed the results herself, at the press, alongside a professional printer, and signed each sheet in pencil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#6b5c4e;font-size:13px\"\u003eMary Cassatt, \u003ci\u003eThe Bath\u003c\/i\u003e, colour aquatint with burnishing, drypoint and softground, 1890–91. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1932.1287. Public domain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0;border-top:1px solid #e0d7ca;padding-top:14px\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/the-archive\/cassatt-ten-prints-she-called-the-first-one-an-imitation\" style=\"font-family:Ciutadella,sans-serif;font-weight:600;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#4a5a63;text-decoration:none\"\u003eRead this piece in The Archive →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mtr-theme\" style=\"font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.06em;color:#8a8075;margin:14px 0 0\"\u003eTheme: Impressionist color print in drypoint and aquatint by Mary Cassatt — scenes of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Métrica","offers":[{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A3","offer_id":49121253916772,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A3","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A3","offer_id":49121253949540,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A3","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A2","offer_id":49121253982308,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A2","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A2","offer_id":49121254015076,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A2","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2202\/3012\/files\/mockup-01-the-bath.jpg?v=1788484032"},{"product_id":"cassatt-the-lamp-print","title":"Mary Cassatt — The Lamp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA pink fringed lamp, a blue vase, a woman with a fan, and almost no depth at all.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe document\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA woman sits with a fan at a low table; behind her a lamp with a rose-coloured fringed shade and a deep blue vase. The objects are laid out across the sheet rather than into it, and the black of her hair sits flat against the wall. This is one of three plates in the set that Cassatt built from three separate copper plates rather than two.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe pencil at the bottom.\u003c\/b\u003e Under the plate mark, in Cassatt's own hand: \u003ci\u003eImprimée par l'artiste et M. Leroy — Mary Cassatt — (25 épreuves)\u003c\/i\u003e. Printed by the artist and M. Leroy, twenty-five impressions. The Japanese sheets she had been studying carried the printer's name beside the artist's, and she did the same. It is reproduced here because it is part of the object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Cassatt (1844–1926) was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and spent her working life in France. She was the only American invited to exhibit with the Impressionists. In April 1890 she saw an exhibition of 725 Japanese prints at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, wrote to Berthe Morisot telling her not to miss it, and spent the following year teaching herself to do in copper what she had seen done in woodblock. She printed the results herself, at the press, alongside a professional printer, and signed each sheet in pencil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#6b5c4e;font-size:13px\"\u003eMary Cassatt, \u003ci\u003eThe Lamp\u003c\/i\u003e, colour aquatint and drypoint, with softground, 1890–91. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1932.1290. Public domain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mtr-theme\" style=\"font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.06em;color:#8a8075;margin:14px 0 0\"\u003eTheme: Impressionist color print in drypoint and aquatint by Mary Cassatt — scenes of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Métrica","offers":[{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A3","offer_id":49121254244452,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A3","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A3","offer_id":49121254277220,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A3","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A2","offer_id":49121254309988,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A2","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A2","offer_id":49121254342756,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A2","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2202\/3012\/files\/mockup-02-the-lamp.jpg?v=1788484035"},{"product_id":"cassatt-in-the-omnibus-print","title":"Mary Cassatt — In the Omnibus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree women, a baby, and the Seine going past the window.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe document\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA nurse in brown holds a baby in white; a woman in a hat sits beside her and a child in a red-topped bonnet leans against the far side. Through the windows behind them, a bridge and the river. It is the only sheet in the ten set outside a private room, and the only one with a city in it. Everyone is occupied with the child or the journey; nobody is aware of being looked at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe pencil at the bottom.\u003c\/b\u003e Under the plate mark, in Cassatt's own hand: \u003ci\u003eImprimée par l'artiste et M. Leroy — Mary Cassatt — (25 épreuves)\u003c\/i\u003e. Printed by the artist and M. Leroy, twenty-five impressions. The Japanese sheets she had been studying carried the printer's name beside the artist's, and she did the same. It is reproduced here because it is part of the object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Cassatt (1844–1926) was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and spent her working life in France. She was the only American invited to exhibit with the Impressionists. In April 1890 she saw an exhibition of 725 Japanese prints at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, wrote to Berthe Morisot telling her not to miss it, and spent the following year teaching herself to do in copper what she had seen done in woodblock. She printed the results herself, at the press, alongside a professional printer, and signed each sheet in pencil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#6b5c4e;font-size:13px\"\u003eMary Cassatt, \u003ci\u003eIn the Omnibus\u003c\/i\u003e, colour aquatint and drypoint, 1890–91. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1932.1289. Public domain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mtr-theme\" style=\"font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.06em;color:#8a8075;margin:14px 0 0\"\u003eTheme: Impressionist color print in drypoint and aquatint by Mary Cassatt — scenes of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Métrica","offers":[{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A3","offer_id":49121255555172,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A3","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A3","offer_id":49121255587940,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A3","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A2","offer_id":49121255620708,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A2","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A2","offer_id":49121255653476,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A2","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2202\/3012\/files\/mockup-03-in-the-omnibus.jpg?v=1788484039"},{"product_id":"cassatt-the-letter-print","title":"Mary Cassatt — The Letter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA woman sealing an envelope, against a wall of green sprigged paper.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe document\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe sits at a small writing desk in a blue patterned dress, holding the envelope to her mouth to seal it. The wall behind is covered in a green sprigged paper that runs edge to edge, and the dress pattern and the wallpaper are given equal weight, so the figure is held inside the decoration rather than placed in front of it. The gesture is over in a second and she is entirely inside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe pencil at the bottom.\u003c\/b\u003e Under the plate mark, in Cassatt's own hand: \u003ci\u003eImprimée par l'artiste et M. Leroy — Mary Cassatt — (25 épreuves)\u003c\/i\u003e. Printed by the artist and M. Leroy, twenty-five impressions. The Japanese sheets she had been studying carried the printer's name beside the artist's, and she did the same. It is reproduced here because it is part of the object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Cassatt (1844–1926) was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and spent her working life in France. She was the only American invited to exhibit with the Impressionists. In April 1890 she saw an exhibition of 725 Japanese prints at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, wrote to Berthe Morisot telling her not to miss it, and spent the following year teaching herself to do in copper what she had seen done in woodblock. She printed the results herself, at the press, alongside a professional printer, and signed each sheet in pencil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#6b5c4e;font-size:13px\"\u003eMary Cassatt, \u003ci\u003eThe Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, colour aquatint and drypoint, 1890–91. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1932.1282. Public domain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mtr-theme\" style=\"font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.06em;color:#8a8075;margin:14px 0 0\"\u003eTheme: Impressionist color print in drypoint and aquatint by Mary Cassatt — scenes of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Métrica","offers":[{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A3","offer_id":49121255719012,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A3","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A3","offer_id":49121255751780,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A3","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A2","offer_id":49121255784548,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A2","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A2","offer_id":49121255817316,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A2","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2202\/3012\/files\/mockup-04-the-letter.jpg?v=1788484043"},{"product_id":"cassatt-the-fitting-print","title":"Mary Cassatt — The Fitting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA dressmaker kneeling, a client standing, and a mirror that shows the back of the dress.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe document\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA woman in a striped dress stands on the fitting stool while a dressmaker kneels at the hem; a tall mirror at the right returns the back of the skirt. Behind them a wall of gold ornament. Two women at work, and the labour of the fitting given the same attention as the woman being fitted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe pencil at the bottom.\u003c\/b\u003e Under the plate mark, in Cassatt's own hand: \u003ci\u003eImprimée par l'artiste et M. Leroy — Mary Cassatt — (25 épreuves)\u003c\/i\u003e. Printed by the artist and M. Leroy, twenty-five impressions. The Japanese sheets she had been studying carried the printer's name beside the artist's, and she did the same. It is reproduced here because it is part of the object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Cassatt (1844–1926) was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and spent her working life in France. She was the only American invited to exhibit with the Impressionists. In April 1890 she saw an exhibition of 725 Japanese prints at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, wrote to Berthe Morisot telling her not to miss it, and spent the following year teaching herself to do in copper what she had seen done in woodblock. She printed the results herself, at the press, alongside a professional printer, and signed each sheet in pencil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#6b5c4e;font-size:13px\"\u003eMary Cassatt, \u003ci\u003eThe Fitting\u003c\/i\u003e, colour aquatint and drypoint, 1890–91. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1932.1283. Public domain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mtr-theme\" style=\"font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.06em;color:#8a8075;margin:14px 0 0\"\u003eTheme: Impressionist color print in drypoint and aquatint by Mary Cassatt — scenes of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Métrica","offers":[{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A3","offer_id":49121255981156,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A3","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A3","offer_id":49121256013924,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A3","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A2","offer_id":49121256046692,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A2","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A2","offer_id":49121256079460,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A2","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2202\/3012\/files\/mockup-05-the-fitting.jpg?v=1788484046"},{"product_id":"cassatt-woman-bathing-print","title":"Mary Cassatt — Woman Bathing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe sheet Degas was looking at when he asked whether she had modelled the back.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe document\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA woman stands at a washstand, stripped to the waist, bending over the basin, her back turned to us and the mirror above catching part of her face. The dress falls in green and rose stripes, the rug is patterned, the pitcher is patterned; nothing is neutral. Standing in front of this sheet, Degas asked her: \u003ci\u003eCe dos, vous l'avez modelé ?\u003c\/i\u003e — that back, did you model it? There is no shadow in it at all. The back turns on the strength of the line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe pencil at the bottom.\u003c\/b\u003e Under the plate mark, in Cassatt's own hand: \u003ci\u003eImprimée par l'artiste et M. Leroy — Mary Cassatt — (25 épreuves)\u003c\/i\u003e. Printed by the artist and M. Leroy, twenty-five impressions. The Japanese sheets she had been studying carried the printer's name beside the artist's, and she did the same. It is reproduced here because it is part of the object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Cassatt (1844–1926) was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and spent her working life in France. She was the only American invited to exhibit with the Impressionists. In April 1890 she saw an exhibition of 725 Japanese prints at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, wrote to Berthe Morisot telling her not to miss it, and spent the following year teaching herself to do in copper what she had seen done in woodblock. She printed the results herself, at the press, alongside a professional printer, and signed each sheet in pencil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#6b5c4e;font-size:13px\"\u003eMary Cassatt, \u003ci\u003eWoman Bathing\u003c\/i\u003e, colour aquatint and drypoint, 1890–91. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1932.1281. Public domain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mtr-theme\" style=\"font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.06em;color:#8a8075;margin:14px 0 0\"\u003eTheme: Impressionist color print in drypoint and aquatint by Mary Cassatt — scenes of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Métrica","offers":[{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A3","offer_id":49121256144996,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A3","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A3","offer_id":49121256177764,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A3","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A2","offer_id":49121256210532,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A2","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A2","offer_id":49121256243300,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A2","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2202\/3012\/files\/mockup-06-woman-bathing.jpg?v=1788484050"},{"product_id":"cassatt-mothers-kiss-print","title":"Mary Cassatt — Mother's Kiss","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA mother bending to a naked child, in a dress scattered with small red flowers.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe document\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mother leans down and the child reaches up, and the two heads meet at the centre of the sheet. Her dress is a pale green scattered with small red flowers that runs across the whole lower half. The background is a flat blue with no depth in it. The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues its impression of this plate under the title \u003ci\u003eAfter the Bath\u003c\/i\u003e; it carries the same catalogue raisonné number as the sheets held elsewhere as \u003ci\u003eMother's Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e, and we use the catalogue raisonné title.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe pencil at the bottom.\u003c\/b\u003e Under the plate mark, in Cassatt's own hand: \u003ci\u003eImprimée par l'artiste et M. Leroy — Mary Cassatt — (25 épreuves)\u003c\/i\u003e. Printed by the artist and M. Leroy, twenty-five impressions. The Japanese sheets she had been studying carried the printer's name beside the artist's, and she did the same. It is reproduced here because it is part of the object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Cassatt (1844–1926) was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and spent her working life in France. She was the only American invited to exhibit with the Impressionists. In April 1890 she saw an exhibition of 725 Japanese prints at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, wrote to Berthe Morisot telling her not to miss it, and spent the following year teaching herself to do in copper what she had seen done in woodblock. She printed the results herself, at the press, alongside a professional printer, and signed each sheet in pencil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#6b5c4e;font-size:13px\"\u003eMary Cassatt, \u003ci\u003eMother's Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e, colour aquatint and drypoint, 1890–91. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1932.1286. Public domain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mtr-theme\" style=\"font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.06em;color:#8a8075;margin:14px 0 0\"\u003eTheme: Impressionist color print in drypoint and aquatint by Mary Cassatt — scenes of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Métrica","offers":[{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A3","offer_id":49121256276068,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A3","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A3","offer_id":49121256308836,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A3","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A2","offer_id":49121256341604,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A2","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A2","offer_id":49121256374372,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A2","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2202\/3012\/files\/mockup-07-mothers-kiss.jpg?v=1788484055"},{"product_id":"cassatt-maternal-caress-print","title":"Mary Cassatt — Maternal Caress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA child pressed against a face, against a wall of ochre flowers.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe document\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe baby is held high against the mother's cheek, one small hand at her jaw; her dress is a pale print and the hanging behind her is a spray of ochre and rose flowers on a chair back. The child's body is drawn in a single continuous contour with almost no interior line. Nothing in the sheet is looking outward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe pencil at the bottom.\u003c\/b\u003e Under the plate mark, in Cassatt's own hand: \u003ci\u003eImprimée par l'artiste et M. Leroy — Mary Cassatt — (25 épreuves)\u003c\/i\u003e. Printed by the artist and M. Leroy, twenty-five impressions. The Japanese sheets she had been studying carried the printer's name beside the artist's, and she did the same. It is reproduced here because it is part of the object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Cassatt (1844–1926) was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and spent her working life in France. She was the only American invited to exhibit with the Impressionists. In April 1890 she saw an exhibition of 725 Japanese prints at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, wrote to Berthe Morisot telling her not to miss it, and spent the following year teaching herself to do in copper what she had seen done in woodblock. She printed the results herself, at the press, alongside a professional printer, and signed each sheet in pencil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#6b5c4e;font-size:13px\"\u003eMary Cassatt, \u003ci\u003eMaternal Caress\u003c\/i\u003e, colour aquatint and drypoint, with softground, 1890–91. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1932.1288. Public domain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mtr-theme\" style=\"font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.06em;color:#8a8075;margin:14px 0 0\"\u003eTheme: Impressionist color print in drypoint and aquatint by Mary Cassatt — scenes of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Métrica","offers":[{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A3","offer_id":49121257193572,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A3","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A3","offer_id":49121257226340,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A3","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A2","offer_id":49121257259108,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A2","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A2","offer_id":49121257291876,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A2","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2202\/3012\/files\/mockup-08-maternal-caress.jpg?v=1788484058"},{"product_id":"cassatt-afternoon-tea-party-print","title":"Mary Cassatt — Afternoon Tea Party","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo women, a tea service in blue, and gold added by hand on top of the print.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe document\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA visitor in a dark bonnet holds her cup while the hostess passes the plate; on the table between them a service in deep blue. This is the sheet where Cassatt went furthest past the press: on this impression she added brushwork and \u003cb\u003egold\u003c\/b\u003e by hand on top of the printed sheet. Because she inked every plate herself before each pull, no two impressions in the edition are the same — and this one carries work that exists on no other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe pencil at the bottom.\u003c\/b\u003e Under the plate mark, in Cassatt's own hand: \u003ci\u003eImprimée par l'artiste et M. Leroy — Mary Cassatt — (25 épreuves)\u003c\/i\u003e. Printed by the artist and M. Leroy, twenty-five impressions. The Japanese sheets she had been studying carried the printer's name beside the artist's, and she did the same. It is reproduced here because it is part of the object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Cassatt (1844–1926) was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and spent her working life in France. She was the only American invited to exhibit with the Impressionists. In April 1890 she saw an exhibition of 725 Japanese prints at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, wrote to Berthe Morisot telling her not to miss it, and spent the following year teaching herself to do in copper what she had seen done in woodblock. She printed the results herself, at the press, alongside a professional printer, and signed each sheet in pencil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#6b5c4e;font-size:13px\"\u003eMary Cassatt, \u003ci\u003eAfternoon Tea Party\u003c\/i\u003e, colour aquatint and drypoint, with additions in brush and gold, 1890–91. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1932.1285. Public domain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mtr-theme\" style=\"font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.06em;color:#8a8075;margin:14px 0 0\"\u003eTheme: Impressionist color print in drypoint and aquatint by Mary Cassatt — scenes of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Métrica","offers":[{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A3","offer_id":49121257881700,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A3","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A3","offer_id":49121257914468,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A3","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A2","offer_id":49121257947236,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A2","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A2","offer_id":49121257980004,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A2","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2202\/3012\/files\/mockup-09-afternoon-tea-party.jpg?v=1788484062"},{"product_id":"cassatt-the-coiffure-print","title":"Mary Cassatt — The Coiffure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA woman doing her hair, seen from behind and again in the glass.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe document\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe sits on a striped chair with her arms raised to her hair, her back to us, and the mirror in front returns her face and her front. The wallpaper is a pink sprigged pattern, the chair is a bold red and white stripe, and the figure is drawn almost entirely in outline against them. The last sheet of the series, and the one where the borrowed method has become entirely hers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe pencil at the bottom.\u003c\/b\u003e Under the plate mark, in Cassatt's own hand: \u003ci\u003eImprimée par l'artiste et M. Leroy — Mary Cassatt — (25 épreuves)\u003c\/i\u003e. Printed by the artist and M. Leroy, twenty-five impressions. The Japanese sheets she had been studying carried the printer's name beside the artist's, and she did the same. It is reproduced here because it is part of the object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Cassatt (1844–1926) was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and spent her working life in France. She was the only American invited to exhibit with the Impressionists. In April 1890 she saw an exhibition of 725 Japanese prints at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, wrote to Berthe Morisot telling her not to miss it, and spent the following year teaching herself to do in copper what she had seen done in woodblock. She printed the results herself, at the press, alongside a professional printer, and signed each sheet in pencil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#6b5c4e;font-size:13px\"\u003eMary Cassatt, \u003ci\u003eThe Coiffure\u003c\/i\u003e, colour aquatint and drypoint, 1890–91. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1932.1284. Public domain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mtr-theme\" style=\"font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.06em;color:#8a8075;margin:14px 0 0\"\u003eTheme: Impressionist color print in drypoint and aquatint by Mary Cassatt — scenes of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Métrica","offers":[{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A3","offer_id":49121258864740,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A3","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A3","offer_id":49121258897508,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A3","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A2","offer_id":49121258930276,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A2","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A2","offer_id":49121258963044,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A2","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2202\/3012\/files\/mockup-10-the-coiffure.jpg?v=1788484066"},{"product_id":"mary-cassatt-colour-on-copper-book","title":"Mary Cassatt — Colour on Copper — Book","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n.mtr-ficha .lede{font-family:'Alverata',Georgia,serif;font-style:italic;font-size:20px;line-height:1.4;color:#1e1b17;margin:0 0 4px}\n.mtr-ficha .filete{width:34px;height:2px;background:#6f5d4a;margin:18px 0;border:0}\n.mtr-ficha h4{font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-size:11px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6f5d4a;margin:18px 0 8px}\n.mtr-ficha p{font-family:'Alverata',Georgia,serif;font-size:15.5px;line-height:1.66;color:#4c443b;margin:0 0 12px}\n.mtr-ficha li{font-family:'Alverata',Georgia,serif;font-size:15.5px;line-height:1.6;color:#4c443b}\n.mtr-ficha em{font-style:italic}\n.mtr-ficha details{margin:2px 0}\n.mtr-ficha summary{list-style:none;cursor:pointer;font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-weight:600;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6f5d4a;padding:6px 0}\n.mtr-ficha summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}\n.mtr-ficha details[open] summary{display:none}\n.mtr-ficha .prov{font-family:'Alverata',Georgia,serif;font-style:italic;font-size:12px;color:#8a8075;line-height:1.5;margin:14px 0 0}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mtr-ficha\"\u003e\n  \u003ch4 style=\"margin-top:0\"\u003eThe book\u003c\/h4\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 1890 Mary Cassatt saw an exhibition of Japanese prints in Paris and wrote to Berthe Morisot that she thought of nothing else but colour on copper. In less than a year she made ten colour prints, each printed from two or three copper plates, with a printer working beside her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThis book shows the ten as whole sheets and up close, in the Art Institute of Chicago’s impressions, with an essay on how they were made and first shown, the stages of \u003cem\u003eIn the Omnibus\u003c\/em\u003e from the drawing to the print, and a chapter on her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003ch4\u003eWhy this book is different\u003c\/h4\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe images of these prints are online, free, on the museums’ own websites. This book does something the museum page doesn’t: it shows you how to look at them. \u003cstrong\u003eEvery print gets two spreads.\u003c\/strong\u003e First the whole sheet, with what to look for, facing a detail at full page. Then a second spread that opens it further: the same print before its colour, the drawing behind it, or another impression, inked by hand in a different way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eOne print, \u003cem\u003eIn the Omnibus\u003c\/em\u003e, is followed from the first drawing to the finished print, step by step. Her life comes at the end, once you know the work. It is a selection with one route through it, not a catalogue: fewer pages, one question, every page there for a reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \n  \u003ch4\u003eThe object\u003c\/h4\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA hardcover book, printed on Mohawk Superfine\u003c\/strong\u003e: a 120 gsm uncoated art paper with a soft matte surface, heavier than a magazine page and without the shine of a photo book. The cover is matte-laminated. A4, 68 pages, in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eIt is printed to order in the USA when you buy it, one copy at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eContinue reading ▾\u003c\/summary\u003e\n    \u003ch4\u003eInside\u003c\/h4\u003e\n    \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI · \u003cem\u003eUne révélation\u003c\/em\u003e — the essay: how the ten were made and first shown, and \u003cem\u003eIn the Omnibus\u003c\/em\u003e from the drawing to the print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eII · The ten prints — each one whole, up close, and opened up on a second spread\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIII · \u003cem\u003eJe suis Américaine\u003c\/em\u003e — her life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronology, sources and image credits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n    \u003ch4\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n    \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA4 portrait · 8.3 × 11.7 in (210 × 297 mm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover · matte-laminated cover · white endpapers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e68 pages · Mohawk Superfine 120 gsm, uncoated, matte\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eText in English · notes, chronology, sources and image credits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted to order in the USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n  \u003c\/details\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"prov\"\u003eThe ten prints in the impressions of The Art Institute of Chicago; drawings, proofs and other impressions from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and other public collections, credited page by page. Published independently by Métrica; not affiliated with the institutions credited.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0;border-top:1px solid #e0d7ca;padding-top:14px\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/the-archive\/cassatt-colour-on-copper-before-the-colour\" style=\"font-family:Ciutadella,sans-serif;font-weight:600;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#405b70;text-decoration:none\"\u003eRead this piece in The Archive →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Métrica","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50922862346340,"sku":"SA-BK-CASSATT","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2202\/3012\/files\/d2f1b806fafc5a8e6e683c860ce757ed.jpg?v=1792075050"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.metrica.art\/collections\/colour-on-copper.oembed","provider":"Métrica","version":"1.0","type":"link"}