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The Prints & Pastels of Mary Cassatt Mother's Goodnight Kiss, 1888 Mary Cassatt, (1844-1926) Fine Art Reproduction Image Size: 15 x 12 inches This reproduction is a new, individually printed & proofed, superior quality giclee process, fine art print. It is printed on 100% cotton rag acid-free, heavyweight fine art paper with a luxurious textured watercolor paper finish & archival pigment inks to ensure permanence. Created for collectors, it IS NOT A POSTER or mass produced print on low quality, inexpensive paper. Mary Cassatt once commented that pastel was "the most satisfactory medium for [portraying] children," since they could not sit still for long & the medium allowed for rapid sketching. Mary Cassatt began using pastel in the 1870s & continued to experiment with the medium throughout her career. This drawing depicts a mother & 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 & sketchier style. Original Medium: Pastels on blue-gray paper. Reproduction Medium: Fine Art Paper; colored pigment inks Image Size - 15 x 12 inches printed on larger 17 x 13 inch paper to allow ample borders for matting & framing Prints ship in a heavy protective cardboard tube. the giclee process produces a high quality, fine art reproduction from a high-resolution digital file of an image. The file is then printed with a high-resolution photo generation printer on a fine art paper. Most artists & working photographers today use the giclee process to produce reproductions of their original artwork & photographs. As with any original art or fine art reproduction, it is recommended that prints are framed & displayed under glass to prevent color fade or shift over the years. Mary Cassatt Pastel Reproductions - Mother's Goodnight Kiss, 1888. Fine Art Print
