Das Bad

Mary Cassatt, 1890–1891

A woman kneels to test the water in a freestanding bathtub with one hand as she braces a nude child against her knee with the other in this vertical, colored print. The people and objects are outlined lightly with black, and both the woman and baby’s hair are incised with delicate black lines. The woman and baby’s skin are the white of the paper, and the rest of the background is smudged with smoke gray to show the texture of the paper. The woman’s hair is pulled back from a high forehead, and she has a straight nose, pursed lips, and a slight double chin. Her long-sleeved, floor-length dress has a narrow collar and is pleated across the chest and at the cuff we can see. The dress is filled in with a field of butter yellow and patterned with a floral design. The baby turns toward the woman’s body and hangs their arms over her bracing hand. The baby has short, wispy, black hair with delicate facial features, a rotund belly, and satisfyingly pudgy rolls on the legs.
Künstler
Mary Cassatt
Datierung
1890–1891
Gattung
Druckgrafik
Technik
color drypoint, softground etching, and aquatint on laid paper
Maße
32,07 × 24,77 cm
Sammlung
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Lizenz
Gemeinfrei, CC0

Bildbeschreibung

A woman kneels to test the water in a freestanding bathtub with one hand as she braces a nude child against her knee with the other in this vertical, colored print. The people and objects are outlined lightly with black, and both the woman and baby’s hair are incised with delicate black lines. The woman and baby’s skin are the white of the paper, and the rest of the background is smudged with smoke gray to show the texture of the paper. The woman’s hair is pulled back from a high forehead, and she has a straight nose, pursed lips, and a slight double chin. Her long-sleeved, floor-length dress has a narrow collar and is pleated across the chest and at the cuff we can see. The dress is filled in with a field of butter yellow and patterned with a floral design. The baby turns toward the woman’s body and hangs their arms over her bracing hand. The baby has short, wispy, black hair with delicate facial features, a rotund belly, and satisfyingly pudgy rolls on the legs.

Mary Cassatt