BERTHE MORISOT (1841-1895)
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BERTHE MORISOT (1841-1895)

Étude pour jeune fille cueillant des oranges

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BERTHE MORISOT (1841-1895)
Étude pour jeune fille cueillant des oranges
stamped with the signature 'Berthe Morisot' (Lugt 1826; lower right)
sanguine on paper laid down on paper
26 1⁄8 x 9 7⁄8 in. (66.4 x 25.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1889
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Julie Manet Rouart, Paris, by descent from the above.
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, by whom acquired from the above in November 1926.
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, by whom acquired from the above in April 1929.
John Lory Galleries, New York, by whom acquired from the above in March 1949.
Anonymous sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 6 June 1956, no. 21.
Sam Salz, New York.
Deane F. Johnson, Los Angeles, by whom acquired from the above in March 1957, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, New York, 4 November 2004, lot 104.
Galerie Hopkins-Custot, Paris, by whom acquired in 2006.
Acquired from the above on 6 November 2006, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Berthe Morisot, femme de notre temps, exh. cat., Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, 2012, no. 70, p. 192 (illustrated p. 193; titled 'Étude pour Jeune fille cueillant des oranges').
Exhibited
New York, Brooklyn Museum, 1939.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles Museum, 1940.
Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, Berthe Morisot, March - April 1943, no. 8 (dated '1886'; with incorrect medium).
Toledo Museum, December 1943.
San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 19th Century French Drawings, March - April 1947, no. 76 (titled 'Standing Woman Seen from the Back').
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, De Renoir à Sam Szafran: Parcours d’un collectionneur, December 2010 - June 2011, no. 69, pp. 154-155 & 273 (illustrated p. 155; titled 'Jeune fille cueillant des oranges').
Montreal, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Signac et les Indépendants: Paris au Temps du Postimpressionnisme, March - September 2020, no. 118, p. 118 (illustrated p. 119; titled 'Étude pour Jeune fille cueillant des oranges').
Further details
Yves Rouart has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

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