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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
BERTHE MORISOT (1841-1895)
Étude pour la jeune fille décolletée ou la Fleur aux cheveux
Details
BERTHE MORISOT (1841-1895)
Étude pour la jeune fille décolletée ou la Fleur aux cheveux
stamped with the artist's initials 'B.M.' (Lugt 388a; lower right)
pencil on paper
6 7⁄8 x 6 ¼ in. (17.5 x 16 cm.)
Drawn circa 1887
Étude pour la jeune fille décolletée ou la Fleur aux cheveux
stamped with the artist's initials 'B.M.' (Lugt 388a; lower right)
pencil on paper
6 7⁄8 x 6 ¼ in. (17.5 x 16 cm.)
Drawn circa 1887
Provenance
Julie Manet Rouart, Paris, by descent from the artist.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, by 1929.
Quatre Chemins-Editart, Paris.
Alex & Elisabeth Lewyt, New York, by whom acquired from the above in 1954; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 2013, lot 161.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, by 1929.
Quatre Chemins-Editart, Paris.
Alex & Elisabeth Lewyt, New York, by whom acquired from the above in 1954; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 2013, lot 161.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Berthe Morisot, May 1929, no. 178, n.p. (titled 'Jeune fille décolletée').
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Berthe Morisot, Summer 1941, no. 271, p. 48 (titled 'Jeune femme décolletée').
Lille, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Berthe Morisot, March - June 2002, no. 141, p. 412 (illustrated p. 413; titled 'Étude pour La Jeune fille décolletée ou la Fleur aux cheveux' and dated '1893'); this exhibition later travelled to Martigny, Switzerland, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, June - November 2002.
Lodève, Musée de Lodève, Berthe Morisot: Regards pluriels, June - October 2006.
Paris, Musée Marmottan Monet, Les Impressionnistes en privé, February - July 2014, no. 72, p. 160 (illustrated p. 161; titled 'Étude pour La Jeune Fille décolletée ou La Fleur aux cheveux').
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Berthe Morisot, Summer 1941, no. 271, p. 48 (titled 'Jeune femme décolletée').
Lille, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Berthe Morisot, March - June 2002, no. 141, p. 412 (illustrated p. 413; titled 'Étude pour La Jeune fille décolletée ou la Fleur aux cheveux' and dated '1893'); this exhibition later travelled to Martigny, Switzerland, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, June - November 2002.
Lodève, Musée de Lodève, Berthe Morisot: Regards pluriels, June - October 2006.
Paris, Musée Marmottan Monet, Les Impressionnistes en privé, February - July 2014, no. 72, p. 160 (illustrated p. 161; titled 'Étude pour La Jeune Fille décolletée ou La Fleur aux cheveux').
Further details
Yves Rouart has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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