Focus on this artwork and explain the abstract.
Gardner (Cassatt) Held by His Mother is a drypoint print dated circa 1889 by the American painter, printmaker, pastelist, and connoisseur Mary Cassatt. The example illustrated is in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum and is a gift of Samuel Putnam Avery.
Cooper-Hewitt Museum Mary Cassatt printmaker connoisseur drypoint pastelist Samuel Putnam Avery