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Study for The Banjo
Study for The Banjo

Study for The Banjo

Mary Stevenson Cassatt (American, 1844–1926)
about 1894
Medium/TechniquePastel on paper mounted on paperboard
Dimensions43.81 x 43.5 cm (17 1/4 x 17 1/8 in.)
Credit LineThe Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund
Accession number32.98
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPastels
InscriptionsLower right: MCProvenanceAbout 1894, the artist; by 1828, probably sold by the artist to Payson T. Thompson, New York; January 12, 1928, Thompson sale, American Art Association, New York, lot 80 (as Mother and Daughter), to J. P. Henry. With Durand-Ruel, New York. With Chester H. Johnson Gallery, Chicago. With Goodman-Walker Fine Arts, Boston; 1932, sold by Goodman-Walker Fine Arts to the MFA for $3,150. (Accession Date: April 21, 1932)
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