Live Auction 11790Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)
Lot 257

Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)

Paule Gobillard en robe de bal

Closed3 February 2016

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GBP 20,000

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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

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.

Specialist note

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.