Mary Cassatt - Breakfast in Bed 1897
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Breakfast in Bed 1897
63x73cm oil on canvas
Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, US
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From Huntington Library, San Marino:
The subject of a woman and child is a recurring theme in her work and this particular example is an especially telling treatment of the subject. With the child centrally placed in an upright pose, Cassatt depicts a quiet but charged moment in which a mother embraces her daughter, whose attention is elsewhere. Contrasting the mother's protective action and gaze with her offspring's curiosity with the world beyond her reach, Cassatt evokes the subtle tensions implicit in the relationship of parent to child.