Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) The Barefooted Child. About 1898. Aquatint and drypoint. 317 x 243 [375 x 302]. Breeskin 160. color print. Beautiful and rare proof on old laid paper (watermark: small coat of arms with letters), color variant of the edition, the yellow-green bronze background, with the pale yellow in the dress, the back of the chair pale green. Strong undulations due to the pressure at the print. Numerous traces of folds including a vertical and a horizontal median very marked. Small epidermis forming a white spot in the right side of the chair. Small snags and pinholes at the edges of the leaf. Heavy soiling and smudging on the verso and in the margins. Final edition of 50 proofs. Provenance: Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939) then H. M. Petiet (1894-1980).