Berthe Morisot

Hamburger Collection
Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired from the above in 1956)
Wildenstein & Co., New York (acquired from the above in 1958)
Dr. Ralph André Kling, New York
(Possibly) Marlborough Fine Art, London (by 1973)
Nelson M. Skalbania, Esq., London (by 1974)
Sale: Sotheby's, London, December 6, 1978, lot 212
Private Collection
Sale: Sotheby's, London, December 2, 1987, lot 103
Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)

Paris, Palais des Champs-Elysées, Salon,  Explication des ouvrages exposés, 1864, no. 1395
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Selected European Masters of the 19th and 20th Centuries, 1973, no. 55, illustrated in color in the catalogue
London, The Royal Academy of Arts, Impressionism, its Masters, its Precursors, and its Influence in Britain, 1974, no. 80, illustrated in the catalogue
Paris, Musée Marmottan, Les Femmes impressionnistes: Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzalès, Berthe Morisot, 1993, no. 59, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Lille, Palais des Beaux-Arts & Martigny, Foundation Pierre Gianadda, Berthe Morisot 1841-1895, 2002, no. 4, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Edmond About, Salon de 1864, Paris, 1864, p. 166
Roger Marx, Maîtres d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, Paris, 1914, p. 304
Armand Fourreau, Berthe Morisot, Paris, 1925, p. 22
Monique Angoulvent, Berthe Morisot, Paris, 1933, pp. 18-19
John Rewald, The History of Impressionism, New York, 1946, pp. 86-87
Marie-Louise Bataille & Georges Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot, Catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles, Paris, 1961, no. 6, illustrated pl. 8
Sophie Monneret, L'Impressionnisme et son époque, vol. II, Paris, 1979, p. 87
Denis Rouart, ed., The Correspondance of Berthe Morisot with Her Family and Friends..., London, 1986, p. 216
Kathleen Adler & Tamar Garb, Berthe Morisot, Ithaca, New York, 1987, illustrated in color p. 19
Berthe Morisot, Impressionist (exhibition catalogue), The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (and travelling), p. 178
Bernard Denvir, The Chronicle of Impressionism. A Timeline History of Impressionism, New York, 1993, p. 29
Margaret Shennan, Berthe Morisot: The First Lady of Impressionism, Phoenix Mill, England, 1996, pp. 48 and 52-53
Alain Clairet, Delphine Montalant & Yves Rouart, Berthe Morisot: catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Montolivet, 1997, no. 6, illustrated p. 115
Jean Dominique Rey, Berthe Morisot, Paris, 2002, pp. 21 & 150
Ross King, The Judgement of Paris. The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism, New  York, 2006, pp. 126 & 243

The canvas is lined but is otherwise in good condition. There is a nailhead-sized spot of paintloss to the right of the seated figure. Under UV light: the darkest pigment in the bottom right corner fluoresces although a thick layer of varnish is difficult to read through. This work is in overall very good condition.
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