In the Omnibus
Mary Cassatt
1890–91 · Drypoint and aquatint, printed in color from three plates; seventh state of seven (Mathews & Shapiro) · Drawings and Prints
Associated with Edgar Degas and the Impressionists, Cassatt spent her professional life in Paris. In the Omnibus is part of a group of ten color prints that she included in her first independent exhibition, held in 1891. The works all show women engaged in everyday activities, with this composition focused on travelers riding a city bus over a bridge. Seemingly isolated from the crowded public scene, a prosperous woman wearing a fashionable hat sits next to her elaborately dressed infant daughter, who is held by a nanny. Paul J. Sachs worked for his family firm of Goldman Sachs before becoming a curator at the Fogg Art Museum in 1915. In 1916, he supported the newly formed Department of Prints at The Met with a significant gift of prints by Cassatt.
- Artist
- Mary Cassatt
- Date
- 1890–91
- Medium
- Drypoint and aquatint, printed in color from three plates; seventh state of seven (Mathews & Shapiro)
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Gift of Paul J. Sachs, 1916
