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Berthe Morisot

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Portrait d'enfant (Charly Thomas)
  • Stamped Berthe Morisot (Lugt 1826, lower left)
  • Pastel on paper
  • 17 7/8 by 12 1/8 in.
  • 45.6 by 30.9 cm
  • Executed circa 1893.

Provenance

Arthur Sachs Collection, Paris
Private Collection, Paris (by descent from the above)

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Dru, Quelques tableaux, études, pastels, aquarelles et dessins de Berthe Morisot, 1928, no. 37
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Berthe Morisot, 1961, n.n.

Literature

Marie-Louise Bataille & Georges Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot, Catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles, 1961, no. 600, illustrated fig. 576

Condition

In very good condition. Executed on gray laid paper. Sheet is taped to a window mat at upper corners on verso. Bottom 4 inches of sheet has been folded up behind itself horizontally, and the crease has been taped. On the verso old tape around the edges, adhesive residue in two places along upper edge and a few fox marks are visible. The colors are bright and fresh.
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