Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)

Jeune fille accoude

Details

Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)
Morisot, B.
Jeune fille accoude
stamped with signature 'Berthe Morisot' (Lugt 1826; lower left)
oil on canvas
11 x 12 in. (29 x 32.1 cm.)
Painted in 1894

Provenance

Estate of the artist.
Anon. sale, Htel Drouot, Paris, 17 December 1990, lot 46.

Literature

M. Angoulvent, Berthe Morisot, Paris, 1933, no. 638 (dated 1894).
M.-L. Bataille and G. Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot, Catalogue raisonn des peintures, pastels et aquarelles, Paris, 1961, no. 363 (illustrated, fig. 364).
A. Clairet, D. Montalant and Y. Rouart, Berthe Morisot, Catalogue raisonn de l'oeuvre peint, Montolivet, 1997, p. 293, no. 367 (illustrated).

Sale room notice

A photo-certificate from Delphine Montalant and Yves Rouart dated Paris, 2 March 1998 accompanies this painting.

Lot Essay

A photo-certificate from Delphine Montalant and Yves Rouart dated Paris, 2 March 1998 accompanies this painting.

The present painting and a drawing are preliminary studies for the final version of Jeune femmes leurs toilette (Clairet, Montalant and Rouart, no. 366; The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.).

Jeune fille accoude

Lot Essay

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