Mary Cassatt : a catalogue raisonné of the oils, pastels, watercolors, and drawings
"As the only American in the great French Impressionist movement, Mary Cassatt holds a unique place in the history of art. When invited by Edgar Degas to join the group in 1877 she accepted with delight, as she later explained: 'At last I could work in complete independence, without bothering about the eventual judgment of a jury.' Her personality was already distinctive; her special characteristics of style established...The compilation of the catalogue has been the work of many years...I have attempted to make the sequence in the catalogue...as chronologically correct as possible." -- Introduction
Print Book, English, 1970
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1970