Les Ongles (The Manicure)

Print

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Les Ongles (The Manicure)

Entry/Object ID

2000.24.03

Type of Print

Drypoint

Artwork Details

Medium

ink, Paper

Acquisition

Accession

2000.24

Source or Donor

Arden Bement, Jr.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Arden L. Bement, Jr.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Mary Cassatt

Role

Print Maker

Date made

1904

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Lithograph

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Planographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

11-7/8 in

Width

9 in

Exhibition

25: A Selection Works from Purdue Galleries’ Permanent Collection (2024)

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

The Manicure Mary Cassatt Etching In contrast to her male contemporaries like Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir who created snapshots of rural landscapes and urban life, Mary Cassatt’s paintings and prints captured intimate moments in women’s domestic lives. Here, a mother holds her child close in her lap while trimming her nails. The outlines of the forms are very light and cause the figures to blend with their surroundings. This effect is similarly created by the light brushstrokes found in Cassatt’s and other Impressionist paintings. Carrie Kelb