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Women in their toilets were often the subject of Morisot's paintings. Four of the eight paintings that she made in 1876 depicted that theme, including The Psyche Mirror. She exhibited the work, together with Young Woman Powdering Her Face (1876), at the third Impressionist exhibition, in 1877. The second painting was purchased during the exhibition by the collector and patron Ernest Hoschedé. When it was later auctioned, American painter Mary Cassatt, who felt a strong affinity with Morisot's themes and style, bought it.
Psyche Mary Cassatt