Mary Cassatt

American | 1844 - 1926

Mary Cassatt was an American Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1844. Her work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Kunstmuseum Den Haag in The Hague and will be on exhibit at Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke on October 31, 2025. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Philadelphia Museum of Art have featured Mary Cassatt's work in the past.Mary Cassatt's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 4 USD to 7,489,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 7,489,000 USD for Young Lady in a Loge Gazing to Right, sold at Christie's New York in 2022. In the past 12 months, her prints & graphic art have averaged 1,814 USD.Mary Cassatt has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, Forbes and Studio International. The most recent article is Coffee, Tea, Beer… Drinks in Art for All Tastes! written for Daily Art Magazine in February 2025. The artist died in 1926.

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Enfant levant la tête ,1902

By Mary Cassatt

Swann Auction Galleries

Heads of Two Young Women Looking to Right ,1898

By Mary Cassatt

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Hélène de Septeuil, or Child with Parrot ,1890

By Mary Cassatt

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Notable Lots

Antoinette Holding Her Child by Both Hands - Mary Cassatt

Antoinette Holding Her Child by Both Hands ,1899

By Mary Cassatt

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Sara Holding a Cat ,1907

By Mary Cassatt

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Mother and Two Children ,1906

By Mary Cassatt

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Upcoming Lots

Joueuse de mandoline (The Mandoline Player) (Breeskin 130) - Mary Cassatt

Joueuse de mandoline (The Mandoline Player) (Breeskin 130) ,1889

By Mary Cassatt

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Enfant levant la tête ,1902

By Mary Cassatt

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Mary Cassatt 1892 Etching Young mother

By Mary Cassatt

KCM Galleries

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Post-Auction Lots for Sale

Hélène de Septeuil, or Child with Parrot - Mary Cassatt

Hélène de Septeuil, or Child with Parrot ,1890

By Mary Cassatt

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By the Pond ,1898

By Mary Cassatt

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Recent Auction Results

CHILDREN PLAYING AT THE BEACH - Mary Cassatt

CHILDREN PLAYING AT THE BEACH ,1999

By Mary Cassatt

Ro Gallery

INSPIRING IMPRESSIONISM - MRS. DUFFEE - Mary Cassatt

INSPIRING IMPRESSIONISM - MRS. DUFFEE ,2008

By Mary Cassatt

Ro Gallery

Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926) Sara Smiling

By Mary Cassatt

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Hindman, Palm Beach

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Current Exhibitions

From Daughters to Mothers: A Study of Reproductive Labor

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Brunswick | Maine | USA

Dec 19,2024 - Mar 02,2025

Cassatt on Paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Minneapolis | Minnesota | USA

Oct 19,2024 - Apr 08,2025

Revolutions: Art From The Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

National Mall | Washington D.C. | District Of Columbia | USA

Mar 22,2024 - Apr 20,2025

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Coverage

“ ..Cassatt's output as a printmaker was quite small and her prints are praised for being among her most radically innovative works... ”
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Boca Raton Museum of Art

“ ..Arousing many viewers' sympathies with works that captured mothers and their children with a warm gaze, Cassatt's name became eternally linked to this familial bond... ”
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National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan)

“ ..Cassatt’s major technical achievements in color intaglio printmaking sealed her reputation among the world’s most gifted printmakers... ”
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Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University

“ ..Savor the heartwarming spirit of Mary Cassatt’s art... ”
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National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan)

“ ..What makes Cassatt’s work compelling is how she elevates what could be dismissed as mundane subject matter through her masterful approach to color and composition... ”
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McNay Art Museum