May 20, 2016

Mary Cassatt Retrospective
Venue:Dates:

Yokohama Museum of Art
June 25 (Sat) - September 11 (Sun), 2016

The Yokohama Museum of Art is proud topresent the American-born woman artist exhibition
Mary Cassatt Retrospective. The exhibition will be open from
June 25 to September 11, 2016.
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), was active in Paris
during the latter-half of the 19th century. During a period when
professional women artists were still rare, Cassatt carriedthrough with her intention to become an artist and travelled toFrance to study painting. In France she searched for a newform of expression and participated in the Impressionist
exhibitions where she established her own individual style ofpainting focusing on everyday family scenes as her subjectmatter. Cassatt’s works became highly recognized in bothFrance and the United States, and in 1904 she received La
Légion d’honneur Chevalier from the French government.
Furthermore, Cassatt formed friendships with American art
collectors such as the wealthy Louisine Havemeyer,
becoming their advisor and contributing to the development ofthe American art scene.
Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child, 1880
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Digital Image ©2015 Museum Associates / LACMA. Licensed by Art Resource, NYCassatt can be considered as one of the more popular Impressionist artists in Japan but she
has mainly been recognized as a pioneer woman artist and as a painter of mother and child scenes, whilst
her entire oeuvre still remains relatively unknown. The last Cassatt exhibition to beheld in Japan was in 1981 and only a few of her works can be found in Japanese collections. This exhibitionis the first large-scale retrospective exhibition of Cassatt’s works to be held in Japan in 35 years and willprovide an important opportunity to show the artist’s works together.
The exhibition will display approximately 80 carefully selected works which will include oil paintings,prints, pastels and drawings, spanning from her early to late career, in three exhibition sections. In addition,
the exhibition will show the works of contemporary artists of her time with whom Cassatt had interactions

such as Edgar Degas and Berthe Morisot, and will examine their relationship with Cassatt. Furthermore, theexhibition will display the Byōbu-e (folding screen) formerly belonging to Cassatt and also Ukiyo-e prints
which influenced the artist, and will analyze in depth what Cassatt mastered from Japanese art.

Maternal Caress, 1896 c.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Bequest of Aaron E. Carpenter, 1970

In the Loge, 1878
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
The Hayden Collection―Charles Henry Hayden Fund, 10.35.
Photography ©2015 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston）

Child Picking a Fruit, 1893
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,
Richmond. Gift of Ivor and Anne Massey. 75.18
Photo: Travis Fullerton ©Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

The Letter, 1890-91Library of Congress
Photo: Image courtesy of the Prints &Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Woman Bathing, 1890-91
Bryn Mawr College ,Courtesy of Bryn Mawr CollegeAdmissionAdults¥1,600 ( 1,400)

University and high school students¥1,100 (900)

Junior high school students¥ 600 (400)Children under 12

Free

Seniors (65 and Older)¥1,500 *ID required.

Only available at ticket counter in the museum.

*()＝Advance/Group of 20 or more.
*Advance tickets are available from April 5, through June 24, 2016.
*For a group of 20 or more, reservation is required in advance.
*Free admission for high school students and younger with valid IDs on Saturdays.
*Visitors with disability and one person accompanying them are admitted free of charge.
(Please present certificate at the entrance.)*The ticket also gives admission to the Exhibition of the Museum Collection for the same day.

General Information
Mary Cassatt Retrospective
Dates:

June 25 (Sat.) - September 11 (Sun.), 2016

Open hours:

10:00－18:00 (Last admission at 17:30)*Open until 20:30 on September 2(Fri.), 2016 (Last admission at 20:00)

Closed:Thursdays (except August 11)

Venue:

Yokohama Museum of Art
3-4-1, Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-0012
TEL:+81(0)45 221 0300

FAX:+81(0)45 221 0317

URL: http://yokohama.art.museum/eng
Organizerd by :Yokohama Museum of Art, NHK, NHK Promotions Inc., THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN

Supported by:

The City of Yokohama

Grant fromEmbassy of the United States of America in Japan, Terra Foundation for American Art

Sponsored by

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

In Cooperation with:

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD., Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd., Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company,Yokohama Cable Vision Inc.,Yokohama FM Broadcasting Co., Ltd., Metropolitan Expressway Co., Ltd.

Contact
Ms. Miyano, Ms. Fujii, Ms.Nagahama
Public Relations, Yokohama Museum of Art
3-4-1, Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama. 220-0012 JAPAN
TEL:+81(0)45 221 0319

FAX:+81(0)45 221 0317

E-mail: pr-yma@yaf.or.jp