Mary Cassatt: career timeline
American · 1844–1926 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 47 of 67 lots (70% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2 | 2 | $7.5kSign up | Etching |
| 1890s | 5 | 4 | $3.8kSign up | Drypoint |
| 1900s | 39 | 29 | $1kSign up | Drypoint |
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1880s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $7.5kSign up
- Average
- $7.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 7 in (25 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1889 NURSE AND BABY BILL (No. 2)$3.7kSign up
1889 Portrait of the Artist's Mother$11.2kSign up
1890s 5 works
- Sold
- 4 of 5
- Median
- $3.8kSign up
- Average
- $4.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 7 in (24 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Drypoint (2), Etching (2), Aquatint (1)
- Subjects
- —
1890 Nursing (see B. 135 )$5.7kSign up
1890 The Stocking$9.6kSign up
c. 1890 Das Bad. 1890/ 1891$311Sign up
c. 1891 The Bonnet$1.9kSign up
c. 1891 NursingUnsold
1900s 39 works
- Sold
- 29 of 39
- Median
- $1kSign up
- Average
- $33.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 6.5 in (23 × 16 cm)
- Mediums
- Drypoint (24), Lithograph (6), Etching (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
c. 1900 Baby Held Before an Oval Mirror (Breeskin 218)Unsold
c. 1900 Baby Held Before an Oval Mirror (Breeskin 218)Unsold
1901 Buste d'enfant (Head of Jules)Unsold
1901 Sara, with Bonnet Streamers Loose, Feeding Her Dog$914kSign up
c. 1902 Margot Wearing a Bonnet No.1$768Sign up
c. 1902 Margot Wearing a Bonnet (No. 1) (Breeskin 179)$1.2kSign up
c. 1902 Margot Wearing a Bonnet No.1$726Sign up
c. 1902 Margot Wearing a Bonnet (No. 1)$1kSign up
c. 1902 Margot Wearing a Bonnett (No. 1) circa 1902$246Sign up
1902 The Crocheting Lesson$11.3kSign up
1902 Margot Wearing a Bonnet$819Sign up
c. 1902 The Crocheting LessonUnsold
Show 12 more (1900s)
c. 1902 The Crocheting Lesson$11kSign up · sold 2×
c. 1902 Margot$1kSign up
c. 1904 Sara Wearing Her Bonnet and Coat (Breeskin 198)$2.6kSign up
c. 1904 Sara Smiling$768Sign up
c. 1904 Sara Wearing her Bonnet and Coat (Breeskin 198)$1.5kSign up
c. 1904 Sara Wearing her Bonnet and Coat$1.5kSign up
1904 Sara SmilingResult not published
c. 1904 Sara Wearing Her Bonnet and CoatUnsold
c. 1904 Sara Smiling$1.1kSign up
c. 1904 Sarah Wearing Her Bonnet and Coat$2.4kSign up
c. 1904 Sara Wearing Her Bonnet and Coat$2kSign up
c. 1904 Sara Wearing Her Bonnet and Coat$2.4kSign up
…and 15 more works from this group in the full results list.
Creation date not recorded
20 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2000s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $416kSign up
- Average
- $416kSign up
- Typical size
- 23 × 18 in (58 × 45 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2007 Baby Bill Standing on His Mother's Lap$784kSign up
sold 2008 Head of a Baby$48kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 8 works
- Sold
- 5 of 8
- Median
- $1.3kSign up
- Average
- $1.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 6 in (22 × 16 cm)
- Mediums
- Drypoint (6), Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2010 Margot Wearing a Bonnet$517Sign up
sold 2015 - ''Sarah Smiling'' (Breeskin 195)-Unsold
sold 2015 Looking Into the Hand Mirror, No.2, (B. 202)$1.6kSign up
sold 2015 Looking into the Hand Mirror (No. 2)$1.3kSign up
sold 2016 A Study of a Seated LadyUnsold
sold 2018 Sketch of a Child, estate stamp lower right recto (L. 2665a)$2.8kSign up
Show 2 more (2010s)
sold 2018 Margot Wearing a Bonnet No.1 (B-179)$150Sign up
sold 2019 - ''Sara Smiling'' (Breeskin 195)-Result not published
Undated, sold in the 2020s 10 works
- Sold
- 7 of 10
- Median
- $813Sign up
- Average
- $5.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 8 in (27 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Drypoint (4), Other (1), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2020 Feeding the Ducks$26.4kSign up
sold 2020 Sara Wearing Her Bonnet and Coat$750Sign up
sold 2020 Drawing of a Young Girl$10.1kSign up
sold 2021 Untitled$417Sign up
sold 2021 Margot Wearing a Bonnet (B. 179), No. 1$300Sign up
sold 2022 Denise Holding Her Child$813Sign up
Show 4 more (2020s)
sold 2022 Sara SmilingResult not published
sold 2022 Auktion 479, Los 88$2.4kSign up
sold 2025 Mother and ChildResult not published
sold 2025 Looking into the Hand MirrorResult not published
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Mary Cassatt auction results →