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1910: She progressively became blind and gave up printmaking. 1915: She participated in a campaign for women’s right to vote in the United States. She gave up painting. 1926: Mary Cassatt died in Mesnil-Théribus, where she was buried in her family plot. 12
MARY CASSATT'S PRIMARY PRINTING TECHNIQUES Etching In etching, the metal is “bitten” by an acid rather than scraped away by a tool. The plate is covered with a thin layer of hard ground, which is resistant to the acid. The artist sketches on this ground with a stylus, baring the copper, and the plate is then exposed to an acid bath. The surfaces uncovered by the stylus are then “bitten,” more or less deeply according to the immersion time. The ground is then removed and the plate can be inked. Since the acid cuts into the metal itself, there is no issue related to the resistance of the material. The deeper the lines are, the darker they will be printed. Drypoint Drypoint printmaking consists in scratching directly on the metal plate with a sharp steel tool, which is called a drypoint. This point does not cut a neat groove like a chisel, but scratches and plows the metal more unevenly. On the edges of each line, the drypoint leaves metal ridges that keep the ink and give a velvety aspect to the print. Soft Ground Etching A variant of the etching process, in which the acid-resistant coating on the plate is relatively soft. The artist places a preliminary drawing on top of the plate and goes over its lines, pressing the image into the ground on the plate. The bare surface of the plate is unevenly exposed to the acid, producing a softer and more tonal line – more like a pencil line. Soft-ground etching is rarely used alone, but rather combined with other printing techniques. Aquatint Aquatint is a further elaboration of the etching process especially suited for shading. Once the basic lines of the image have been etched into the plate, acid-resistant resin is spread onto the entire surface of the plate and heated to adhere. The artist can then cover selected areas, so that when the plate is exposed to acid, only the uncovered areas will be etched, producing fields of tone. This technique is often used together with etching. It corresponds then to a wash added to an ink drawing, creating shades and fields of tone. Using multiple colors is complex: it requires going to press three or four times with a spotting system that allows the colors not to mix on the printed sheet. 13
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Page 11: CHRONOLOGY 1844: Mary Cassatt was b
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Page 23 and 24: Pastel counterproof on Japan paper
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