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