Paule Gobillard en robe de bal

Details

Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)
Paule Gobillard en robe de bal
pastel and charcoal on paper
24 x 18 1/8 in. (61 x 46 cm.)
Drawn in 1887

Provenance

Madame Paul Valéry (née Jeannie Gobillard) and thence by descent to her son, Claude Valéry.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1982.

Literature

M.-L. Bataille & G. Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot, Catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles, Paris, 1961, no. 522, p. 56 (illustrated fig. 498).

Exhibited

Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Berthe Morisot, 1841-1895, Summer 1941, no. 143, p. 29.
London, Wildenstein Gallery, Cabinet des Dessins, French Master Drawings XVI-XIX Century, June - July 1993, no. 29.

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Lot Essay

This pastel is a study for the oil Paule Gobillard en robe de bal, 1887 (Bataille-Wildenstein no. 210). Paule Gobillard (1869-1946) was the niece of Berthe Morisot. After her mother's death in 1893, Paule and her sister Jennie went to live with their cousin Julie Manet, who was the daughter of Berthe Morisot and Eugéne Manet.

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