Mary Cassatt - Two Young Girls with a Child 1897
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Two Young Girls with a Child 1897
54x65cm oil on canvas
Private Collection
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From Christie's:
Two Young Girls with a Child is part of a group of work executed in the 1890s that exhibit Cassatt's renewed approach to her mother and child theme. Cassatt reveals a greater sense of playfulness and lighthearted engagement between her figures, unlike her previous works, which tended to be more formal in arrangement, both stylistically and thematically. More importantly, Cassatt during this time in her career shifted her attention more exclusively to children. The present work captures a glimpse of two young girls engaged in a playful moment with a young child under a tree out of doors. Cassatt chooses not to include a motherly figure. The child, though presented in profile, is the focal point of the composition: as one girl playfully lifts the child, the other attempts to catch her attention by tugging or plucking a leaf overhead.