Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Encouraged by the Impressionist Mary Cassatt and the poet Stéphane Mallarmé, Morisot experimented with printmaking between 1887 and 1889. In this drypoint, a technique in which a sharp tool is used to scratch lines onto a copper plate, Morisot looks directly at the viewer—as if drawing our portrait—while 11-year-old Julie observes her mother at work.
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Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917) — Mary Cassatt at the Louvre
James McNeill Whistler — Mother and Daughter (La Mère Malade
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) — Afternoon Tea
George Bellows (American, 1882–1925) — Elsie Reading to Emma
George Bellows (American, 1882–1925) — Elsie Reading to Emma
Berthe Morisot|Julie Manet — The Drawing Lesson (Berthe Mori
James McNeill Whistler — Needlework
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) — The Music Roo
James McNeill Whistler — The Sisters
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) — Needlework
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) — Mother and Ch
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) — The Sisters
