Description
Cassatt exhibited prints for the first time in 1880 at the fifth Impressionist exhibition. As the decade progressed, she continued to show her graphic work alongside pastels and paintings. In the spring of 1890, at the Deuxième Exposition de Peintres-Graveurs, she showed a group of drypoints, remarkable in their delicacy and precision, as well as a group of prints made with a combination of aquatint and softground etching that appeared quickly drawn and spontaneous. After-Dinner Coffee is a study for a softground etching with aquatint.
Provenance
Alfred Beurdeley II [1847-1919], Paris (?-1919); (his ninth sale, Galerie Georges Petit, November 30-December 2, 1920, no. 82, sold to M. Mayer) (1920); M. Mayer (1920-?); Armand Dorville [1875-1941], Paris/Cubjac (?-1941); (his sale, Hall du Savoy, Nice, June 24-27, 1942 [deuxième vacation, June 25], no. 238, sold to M. Imbert, Cannes) (1942); M. Imbert, Cannes (1942-?); (James Vigeveno Galleries, Los Angeles, CA) (after 1942-before 1974); (Jules Brassner, New York, NY, sold to Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH) (?-1974); Muriel Butkin [1915-2008], Shaker Heights, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art (1974-2008); Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2009-)
Accession Number
2009.137
Medium
graphite
Dimensions
Sheet: 20 x 14 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Credit Line
Bequest of Muriel Butkin