Carnegie Institute. Museum of Art (est. 1902 )
Mary Cassatt, Paris, France letter to John Wesley Beatty, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1909 Oct. 6
Mary Cassatt, Letter to John Beatty, October 6, [undated]. Carnegie Institute Museum of Art papers.
The director of the Carnegie Institute Museum of Art asked each of the artists who participated in the semiannual Carnegie International Exhibitions to send a personal photograph, which would be published in the catalog. In this letter, Cassatt (1844–1926) vehemently refused his request: “…it would be very disagreeable to me to have my image in a catalogue or in any publication…. What has the public to do with the personal appearance of the author of a picture or statue? Why should such curiosity if it exists be gratified?”
Mary Cassatt, Paris, France letter to John Wesley Beatty, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1909 Oct. 6. 1 p. : handwritten ; 19 x 14. Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records, 1896-1940. Archives of American Art.
Cassatt writes Beatty in response to his request for her to furnish a photographic portrait of herself for use in a catalog. Cassatt writes, "I don't possess one, and it would be very disagreeable to me to have my image in a catalogue or in any publication. It is always unpleasant to me to see the photographs of the artists accompanying their work, what has the public to do with the personal appearance of the author [of] picture or statue? Why should such curiosity if it exists be gratified?"
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Mary Cassatt, Paris, France letter to John Wesley Beatty, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1909 Oct. 6. 1 p. : handwritten ; 19 x 14. Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records, 1896-1940. Archives of American Art.
Cassatt writes Beatty in response to his request for her to furnish a photographic portrait of herself for use in a catalog. Cassatt writes, "I don't possess one, and it would be very disagreeable to me to have my image in a catalogue or in any publication. It is always unpleasant to me to see the photographs of the artists accompanying their work, what has the public to do with the personal appearance of the author [of] picture or statue? Why should such curiosity if it exists be gratified?"
This image should be viewed with image 10023.
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