Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) By the Pond. Circa 1898. Aquatint and drypoint. 430 x 330 [485 x 398]. Breeskin 161. Printed in colors. Fine proof on thin cream laid paper watermarked "Van der Ley", signed with the initials in pencil. Annotation "E" in pencil in the lower left corner in the hand of H. M. Petiet. Several tears to the edges of the folio, most formerly consolidated by thin pieces of gummed paper on the reverse, one with associated paper loss, to the left of the initials. A thin, long oblique threadlike scratch in the blue to the left of the child. Long, thin oblique broken crease in the upper right corner of the subject. Maculatures, creases and soiling in the fine margins and verso. Provenance: Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939) then H. M. Petiet (1894-1980).