BERTHE MORISOT (1841-1895) Le pont sur l'Oise
bears signature
gouache and watercolor over pencil on paper
7 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (19.6 x 24.4 cm.)
Painted in Maurecourt in 1876
BERTHE MORISOT (1841-1895) Le pont sur l'Oise
bears signature
gouache and watercolor over pencil on paper
7 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (19.6 x 24.4 cm.)
Painted in Maurecourt in 1876
Julie Manet and Ernest Rouart, Paris (the artist's daughter and son-in-law, until at least 1929). Carroll Carstairs, New York. Helen and Murray Snell Danforth, Providence, Rhode Island (acquired from the above, January 1938, then by descent to the late owner).
M.-L. Bataille and G. Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot: Catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles, Paris, 1961, p. 63, no. 637.
Paris, Galerie L. Dru, Berthe Morisot, May-June 1926, p. 12, no. 41 (dated 1878 and titled Le pont suspendu). Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Berthe Morisot, May 1929, no. 115.
Yves Rouart has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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