Lot 106
  • 106

Berthe Morisot

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • ÉTUDE DE FILLETTE FIGURE DANS UN JARDIN (VERSO)
  • porte le cachet Berthe Morisot (en bas à gauche)
  • pastel et crayon noir sur papier

  • 55,3 x 43 cm; 21 3/4 x 16 7/8 in.

Provenance

Charles E.K. Slatkin Galleries, New York
Acquis par le propriétaire actuel dans les années 1990

Literature

Marie-Louise Bataille et Georges Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot, Catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles, Paris, 1961, no. 467, illustré fig. 450 

Condition

Executed on grey laid paper, not laid down. The sheet is taped to the mount at the upper corners. The edges of the sheet are deckled. The pastel is fresh and unfaded. The lower edge has been repaired, but this is not visible when framed. There are a few water stains, mostly located along the edges. Apart from some minute foxing, this work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

stamped 'Berthe Morisot' (lower left), pastel and black crayon on paper.