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Maternal Caress

Mary Cassatt, 1890–91

26 cm × 37 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 5 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 37 cm
Width: 26 cm
Medium: Color aquatint and drypoint, with softground, on ivory laid paper
Kind: Print
Made in: United States
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Image/plate: 36.8 × 26.8 cm (14 1/2 × 10 9/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 27 cm × 37 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 26 cm × 37 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1890–91. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection.
How was it made?: Color aquatint and drypoint, with softground, on ivory laid paper, made in United States.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.