Art in a mirror
Subtitle: the counterproofs of Mary Cassatt
By: foreword by Warren Adelson ; preface by Marc Rosen and Susan Pinsky ; essays by Jay E. Cantor, Pamela A. Ivinski.
Contributors: Cantor, Jay E.; Ivinski, Pamela A.; Adelson Galleries.
Publisher: Adelson Galleries
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
Subjects: Cassatt, Mary, -- 1844-1926 -- Exhibitions.; Proofs (Printing) -- Exhibitions.; Pastel drawing -- United States -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: This volume is a catalog published to accompany an exhibition of the works of American painter and printmaker Marry Cassatt (1844-1926). The exhibition showcased a previously unseen inventory of 48 counterproofs done by Cassatt around 1905-1915. Counterproofs are essentially monotypes, created by a damp sheet of paper laid over a chalk or pastel drawing and run through a press. Pigment lifts from the original, yielding a pale mirror image. Because so little pigment is transferred, individual hatchings pale into veils of melded color. There is a purity and economy to these images, testimony to what little means are needed to suggest weight and volume.
Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Adelson Galleries, Nov. 1, 2004-Jan. 14, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.