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Provenance

Claude Monet, Paris (acquired from the artist in 1892) Michel Monet, Paris (by descent from the above) Wildenstein & Co., New York Private Collection Sotheby’s New York, 11 November 1999, lot 119 (consigned by the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Boussod, Valadon et Cie., Exposition de tableaux, pastels et dessins par Berthe Morisot , 1892, no. 2 Paris, Durand-Ruel, Madame Eugène Manet, Exposition de son oeuvre, 1896, no. 96 Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Expositions des oeuvres de Berthe Morisot , 1929, no. 43 San Francisco, Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Women Impressionists: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzalès, Marie Bracquemond, 2008 Philadelphia, The Barnes Foundation; Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art; Québec City, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec and Paris, Musée d’Orsay, Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist , 2018-2019, no. 59, p. 166, illustrated in color

Literature

Roger Marx, “Les femmes peintres et l'impressionnisme, Berthe Morisot,” Gazette des Arts , December 1907, p. 507, illustrated Louis Rouart, “Berthe Morisot,” Art & Décoration , May 1908, p. 170, illustrated Roger Marx, Maîtres d'hier et d'aujourd'hui , Paris, 1914, p. 318 Monique Angoulvent, Berthe Morisot , Paris, 1933, no. 421 Denis Rouart, Berthe Morisot , Paris, 1954, pl. 51, illustrated Marie-Louise Bataille and George Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot, Catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles, Paris, 1961, no. 251, fig. 243, illustrated Denis Rouart, ed., Berthe Morisot: The Correspondence with Her Family and Friends, Mount Kisco, 1987, p. 234 Alain Clairet, Delphine Montalant and Yves Rouart , Berthe Morisot, 1841-1895: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 1997, no. 255, p. 240, illustrated

Catalog summary

Property of Thomas and Lore Firman Berthe Morisot 1841 - 1895 La Jatte de lait signed B. Morisot (lower right) oil on canvas 21⅝ by 22⅛ in 54.9 by 56.2 cm. Executed in Mézy in 1890. Provenance Claude Monet, Paris (acquired from the artist in 1892) Michel Monet, Paris (by descent from the above) Wildenstein & Co., New York Private Collection Sotheby’s New York, 11 November 1999, lot 119 (consigned by the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature Roger Marx, “Les femmes peintres et l'impressionnisme, Berthe Morisot,” Gazette des Arts , December 1907, p. 507, illustrated Louis Rouart, “Berthe Morisot,” Art & Décoration , May 1908, p. 170, illustrated Roger Marx, Maîtres d'hier et d'aujourd'hui , Paris, 1914, p. 318 Monique Angoulvent, Berthe Morisot , Paris, 1933, no. 421 Denis Rouart, Berthe Morisot , Paris, 1954, pl. 51, illustrated Marie-Louise Bataille and George Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot, Catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles, Paris, 1961, no. 251, fig. 243, illustrated Denis Rouart, ed., Berthe Morisot: The Correspondence with Her Family and Friends, Mount Kisco, 1987, p. 234 Alain Clairet, Delphine Montalant and Yves Rouart , Berthe Morisot, 1841-1895: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 1997, no. 255, p. 240, illustrated Exhibited Paris, Boussod, Valadon et Cie., Exposition de tableaux, pastels et dessins par Berthe Morisot , 1892, no. 2 Paris, Durand-Ruel, Madame Eugène Manet, Exposition de son oeuvre, 1896, no. 96 Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Expositions des oeuvres de Berthe Morisot , 1929, no. 43 San Francisco, Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Women Impressionists: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzalès, Marie Bracquemond, 2008 Philadelphia, The Barnes Foundation; Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art; Québec City, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec and Paris, Musée d’Orsay, Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist , 2018-2019, no. 59, p. 166, illustrated in color