ID 908379
Lot 502 | BERTHE MORISOT (1841-1895)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
Jeanne Pontillon au chapeau
stamped with the signature 'Berthe Morisot' (Lugt 1826; lower right)
pastel on paper
19 7/8 x 17 1/2 in. (50.4 x 44.5 cm.)
Executed in 1893
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Julie Manet & Ernest Rouart, Paris, the artist's daughter and son-in-law, until at least 1929.
The Late Hon. Lady Baillie, Kent; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 4 December 1974, lot 155.
Pauline K. Cave, New York, the daughter of The Hon. Lady Baillie, by whom possibly acquired at the above sale; estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 1984, lot 9.
Jonathan Clark Fine Art, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
M.-L. Bataille and G. Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot, Catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles, Paris, 1961, p. 60, no. 596 (illustrated fig. 567).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie L. Dru, Exposition de Pastels, Aquarelles, Dessins, Crayons de Berthe Morisot, May - June 1926, no. 35, p. 12 (titled 'Mlle J. P.').
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Expositions d’œuvres de Berthe Morisot, May 1929, no. 145.
Paris, Musée de l’Orangerie, Berthe Morisot, Summer 1941, no. 155.
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Exposition Berthe Morisot, pastels, aquarelles, dessins, April 1948, no. 69.
| Artist: | Berthe Morisot (1841 - 1895) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Pastel |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Berthe Morisot (1841 - 1895) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Pastel |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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