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Maternal Caress, 1891
Drypoint, soft-ground etching, and aquatint, printed in color, 14 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (36.5 x 26.7 cm)
Gift of Paul J. Sachs, 1916 (16.2.5)
In the spring of 1890 Edgar Degas and Cassatt went together to a large exhibition of Japanese woodcuts at the École des Beaux-Arts. Cassatt made a second visit to the show, with Berthe Morisot, and then almost immediately commenced an ambitious project aimed at reproducing the charming informality and lucidity of the prints.

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