Mary Cassatt Portraits Set Records and Enter Collections Across Four Auctions and a Toulouse Foundation
According to L'ŒIL, four portraits by Mary Cassatt were either sold or acquired between 2022 and 2024. On 24 November 2023, the Fondation Bemberg in Toulouse purchased a portrait of an unnamed young woman, valued at €800,000 to €1.2 million. Additionally, "Jeune femme dans une loge," previously owned by Paul Gauguin, achieved a record-breaking sale at Christie's New York for $3 to $5 million on 20 October 2022. At Phillips New York on 19 November 2024, a pastel depicting Sara, the granddaughter of President Émile Loubet, was estimated to sell for $700,000 to $1 million. A significant piece from the 6th Impressionist Exhibition of 1881 was also sold at Sotheby's New York. This information was published in L'ŒIL n°799 on 1 October 2026.
Key facts
- A Cassatt portrait of an unidentified young woman, estimated at €800,000 to €1.2 million, was acquired by the Fondation Bemberg in Toulouse on 24 November 2023
- Jeune femme dans une loge, estimated at $3 to $5 million, set a world record for Cassatt at Christie's New York on 20 October 2022
- The loge picture belongs to a series of nine works on theatre spectators, several now in major American museums
- Paul Gauguin first owned the loge work, which entered the Getty collection when Gordon Getty gave it to his wife Ann
- A pastel of Sara, granddaughter of President Émile Loubet, estimated at $700,000 to $1 million, sold at Phillips New York on 19 November 2024
- The Sara pastel passed through the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune and reflects Cassatt's study of Edgar Degas
- Mère et Enfant was shown at the 6th Impressionist Exhibition of 1881 and its provenance includes the Galerie Durand-Ruel around 1919-1920
- The blue chair in Mère et Enfant recalls Cassatt's La Petite Fille dans un fauteuil bleu (1878)
Entities
Artists
- Mary Cassatt
- Édouard Manet
- Paul Gauguin
- Edgar Degas
- Sara Loubet
- Émile Loubet
- Gordon Getty
- Ann Getty
- Marie Potard
- Anne-Cécile Sanchez
- Xavier Dominique
- Kazunori Hamana
- Marie Hazard
Institutions
- L'ŒIL
- Fondation Bemberg
- Getty
- Christie's
- Phillips
- Sotheby's
- Galerie Bernheim-Jeune
- Galerie Durand-Ruel
- Ader
- AKAA – Art & Design Fair
- Asia Now
- La Monnaie
- Ceramic Art Fair & Glass
- Maison de l'Amérique latine
Locations
- Toulouse
- France
- New York
- United States
- Paris