Sale 2507, Part I - Old Master Through Modern Prints, May 2, 2019

170 c MARY CASSATT Baby’s Lullaby . Drypoint printed in dark brownish black on cream wove paper, circa 1887. 159x159 mm; 6 1 / 4 x6 1 / 4 inches, full margins. Second state (of 2). Signed in pencil, lower right. Ex-collection Robert Hartshorne (Lugt 2215b, verso; according to Lugt, Hartshorne’s collection, sold New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, January 23, 1946, had an impressive total of 54 Cassatt prints). A superb impression of this extremely scarce print. Breeskin cites only 4 impressions in both states combined in public collections; we have found only 2 impressions at auction in the past 30 years. Breeskin 110. [5,000/8,000] 171 c EDGAR DEGAS Danseuse mettant son chausson . Etching, circa 1892. 179x117 mm; 7x4 3 / 4 inches, wide margins. Second state (of 2), after cancellation. Edition of approximately 150. Published by Vollard, Paris. A very good impression. Delteil 36; Adhémar 60. [1,500/2,500] 170 171