Fillette aux longs cheveux

Details

Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)
Fillette aux longs cheveux
pastel on paper
21 3/8 X 17 3/4 in. (54.2 x 45 cm.)
Executed in Mézy in 1890

Provenance

Private collection, Belgium.

Literature

M. Angoulvent, Berthe Morisot, Paris, 1933, no. 485, p. 142 (dated '1890-1891' and titled 'Jeannie aux longs cheveux').
M.-L. Bataille & G. Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot, Catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles, Paris, 1961, no. 560, p. 58 (illustrated fig. 533).

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Berthe Morisot (Madame Eugène Manet), March 1896, no. 188, p. 32 (titled 'Rêvant').

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Lot Essay

Drawn in 1890, Fillette aux longs cheveux is a portrait of Jeannie Gobillard, the artist's niece. The drawing was executed in Mézy, a small village in the valley of the Seine, where Berthe Morisot, her husband Eugène Manet, and their daughter Julie were spending their summer in a spacious rented house, and would eventually purchase a home of their own in the fall of 1891, the Château du Mesnil.

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