{"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\/products\/mary-cassatt-colour-on-copper-book","provider":"Métrica","version":"1.0","type":"link"}