Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)
Portrait de Jeanne Pontillon
stamped with the signature (L.1826; lower right)
sanguine on paper
13¾ x 18 in. (35 x 45.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1893
Provenance
Moritz Gutmann, New York, and thence to his estate.
Acquired from the above; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 5 November 2009, lot 317.
Acquired at the above sale and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
M.-L. Bataille & G. Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot, Catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles, Paris, 1961, p. 46 (mentioned in reference to no. 338).