Lot 397
  • 397

Berthe Morisot

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Jeune Fille au Manteau Vert (Marthe)
  • Stamped Berthe Morisot (lower right); inscribed Aquarelle exécutée par ma mère Berthe Morisot. J. Manet Rouart by Julie Manet Rouart, the artist's daughter (on the verso)
  • Watercolor on paper
  • 12 3/8 by 9 3/8 in.
  • 31.4 by 23.9 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, Paris

Literature

Marie-Louise Bataille & Georges Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot, Catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles, Paris, 1961, no. 842, illustrated fig. 808

Condition

This work is in very good condition. Executed on cream wove paper. Sheet is hinged to a mat at upper corners on verso. Top and right edges of the sheet are deckled. There is some very light staining to the extreme edges of the sheet. There are small remnants of tape on extreme upper corners on verso of sheet. Sheet is somewhat time darkened overall but composition is very strong.
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