Jeannie tendant un panier (étude pour Le Cerisier)

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Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)
Jeannie tendant un panier (étude pour Le Cerisier)
stamped with the signature 'Berthe Morisot' (Lugt 1826; lower right)
pencil and red pencil on tracing paper
image: 8 3/8 x 7 in. (21.2 x 17.7 cm.)

Provenance

Knoedler & Co., New York (no. WCA 1580).
Mrs Edward Hutton, Westbury, Long Island; her sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 July 1964, lot 23.
Private collection, and thence by descent; sale, Bonham's, London, 3 February 2003, lot 2.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

This work is sold with a photo-certificate from Yves Rouart.

Drawn in 1891, this work is a study for the oil Le Cerisier (Clairet, Montalant & Rouart, no. 281; Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris).

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