# The Coiffure

By [Mary Cassatt](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/mary-cassatt.md>), 1890-1891.

## Details

- Medium: black crayon and graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions: sheet: 38.3 × 27.7 cm (15 1/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
- Collection: [National Gallery of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-8dd66d7195da9018.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.nga.gov/artworks/34693-coiffure>)

- Categories: Works on Paper
- Styles: [Impressionism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/impressionism.md>)

## Image

![Drawn with black crayon and silvery graphite on cream-colored paper, a woman, nude from the waist up, gathers her hair in her raised hands as she sits before a mirror in this vertical composition.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-8dd66d7195da9018-559893029efc3394/full.jpg?v=8022324bb18b16bef57da61ae5dff39262803808c8c85fc4f42fb759235e612d>)

## Sources & credits

- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rosenwald Collection, 1948.11.50. CC0 Open Access.
- Rosenwald Collection
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

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