Lot 16
  • 16

Berthe Morisot 1841-1895

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jeune Fille Tenant un Chien dans ses Bras
  • stamped signature (Lugt 1826) (lower right)
  • pastel on paper mounted on board at edges
  • sheet: 20 3/8 by 17 5/8 in.
  • 51.8 by 44.7 cm.
  • executed in 1892

Provenance

Far Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by Alice Tully (Sold: Christie's, New York, November 10, 1994, lot 133, illustrated in color)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Exposition de Pastels et dessins de Berthe Morisot, April, 1948, no. 65

Literature

M. L. Bataille and G. Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot, Catalogue des Peintures, Pastels et Aquarelles, Paris, 1961, no. 587, illustrated fig. 588

Condition

sheet mounted to board at edges, slightly toned, scattered foxing, particularly to lower half, 1 1/2 inch horizontal tear to lower left from edge
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