Lot Essay
This pastel is the 'Portrait de Mlle L.', exhibited as no. 90 of the 13 works by Berthe Morisot in the 1886 eigth Impressionist exhibition.
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Portrait de Mlle Labillois
Details
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)
Portrait de Mlle Labillois
stamped with the signature 'Berthe Morisot' (Lugt 1826) (lower left)
pastel on paper
19¼ x 16¼ in. (48.9 x 41.2 cm.)
Executed in 1885
Portrait de Mlle Labillois
stamped with the signature 'Berthe Morisot' (Lugt 1826) (lower left)
pastel on paper
19¼ x 16¼ in. (48.9 x 41.2 cm.)
Executed in 1885
Literature
M.L. Bataille & G. Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot: Catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles, Paris, 1961, no. 482, p. 54 (illustrated pl. 470).
Exhibited
Paris, 1, rue Laffitte, Huitième Exposition de peinture, May-June, 1886, no. 90 (as 'Portrait de Mlle L.').
Special notice
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