{"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 orders over $75.\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","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\/3dfac09e0196c834c608da765d7d8c92.jpg?v=1788196391","url":"https:\/\/shop.metrica.art\/products\/cassatt-the-bath-print","provider":"Métrica","version":"1.0","type":"link"}