Knitting in the Library (recto)
c. 1881
Mary Cassatt captures a quiet, domestic moment here, sketching a bespectacled woman deeply focused on her knitting amidst the towering shelves of a library. Created around 1881, this drawing showcases Cassatt's signature interest in the private lives of women, rendered with loose, expressive lines that hint at her Impressionist roots even in a monochromatic medium. The mysterious mathematical scribbles on the facing page—perhaps calculations for a frame or an inventory note—add a charming, accidental layer of history to this intimate study.
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