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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
BERTHE MORISOT (1841-1895)
Étude pour 'La jeune fille au repos'
Details
BERTHE MORISOT (1841-1895)
Étude pour 'La jeune fille au repos'
stamped with the artist's initials 'B.M.' (Lugt 388a; lower right)
charcoal and pencil on paper
12 3⁄8 x 9 ½ in. (31.3 x 24.1 cm.)
Executed in 1894
Étude pour 'La jeune fille au repos'
stamped with the artist's initials 'B.M.' (Lugt 388a; lower right)
charcoal and pencil on paper
12 3⁄8 x 9 ½ in. (31.3 x 24.1 cm.)
Executed in 1894
Provenance
Quatre Chemins-Editart, Paris.
Alex & Elisabeth Lewyt, New York, by whom acquired from the above in June 1956; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 2013, lot 160.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Alex & Elisabeth Lewyt, New York, by whom acquired from the above in June 1956; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 2013, lot 160.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
M.-L. Bataille & G. Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot, Catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles, Paris, 1961, no. 405, p. 50 (with incorrect medium).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Réunion d'œuvres par Berthe Morisot, June - July 1922, no. 74, n.p. (titled 'Jeune fille assise dans un fauteuil').
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Berthe Morisot, Summer 1941, no. 276, p. 49 (titled 'Jeune fille assise'; with incorrect medium and dimensions).
Lille, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Berthe Morisot, March - June 2002, no. 148, pp. 426-427 (illustrated p. 426); this exhibition later travelled to Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, June - November 2002, no. 147, p. 426 (illustrated p. 427; with incorrect medium and dimensions).
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Berthe Morisot, Summer 1941, no. 276, p. 49 (titled 'Jeune fille assise'; with incorrect medium and dimensions).
Lille, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Berthe Morisot, March - June 2002, no. 148, pp. 426-427 (illustrated p. 426); this exhibition later travelled to Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, June - November 2002, no. 147, p. 426 (illustrated p. 427; with incorrect medium and dimensions).
Further details
Yves Rouart has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Veronica Scarpati
Head of Works on Paper Sale