ID 1306046
Lot 119 | BERTHE MORISOT (1841-1895)
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000
(i) Bibi à Vassé (Julie Manet Rouart)
(ii) La Faneuse
(i) stamped with the artist's initials 'B.M.' (Lugt 388a; lower right); inscribed 'bibi à Vassé' (lower left)
(ii) indistinctly stamped with the signature 'Berthe Morisot' (Lugt 1826; lower left)
(i) pencil on paper
(ii) sanguine on paper
(i) 12 5/8 x 8 ½ in. (32 x 21.7 cm.)
(ii) 11 ¾ x 8 1/8 in. (30 x 20.6 cm.)(2)
(i) Drawn in 1889
(ii) Executed circa 1889-1890
Provenance
(i) Julie Manet Rouart & Ernest Rouart, Paris, by descent from the artist.
Marie-Louise Jeanneret, Art Moderne, Geneva, by whom possibly acquired from the above.
Private collection, Europe, and thence by descent to the present owners.
(ii) Julie Manet Rouart & Ernest Rouart, Paris, by descent from the artist.
Private collection, Europe, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Exhibited
(ii) Paris, Musée Jacquemart André, Berthe Morisot, March - April 1961, no. 164, n.p. (with incorrect dimensions).
Further details
Yves Rouart has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Berthe Morisot (1841 - 1895) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Berthe Morisot (1841 - 1895) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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