After the Bath, 1901. Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926). Pastel; sheet: 66 x 100 cm (26 x 39 3/8 in.). Mary Cassatt began using pastel in the 1870s and continued to experiment with the medium throughout her career. This drawing depicts a mother and child, one of the artist's preferred subjects. Cassatt typically used the technique seen here, in which she finished her sitters' faces with a high degree of detail but rendered the rest of the composition in a much looser and sketchier style.

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