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Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris (until at least 1929) Carstairs Gallery, New York Mr. and Mrs. S.E. Worms, New York (acquired from the above by 1952) Hirschl & Adler Galleries Inc., New York (acquired from the estates of the above) Sam Porter Fine Arts, Great Neck Murray and Irene Pergament, Palm Beach (acquired from the above) Sotheby’s, New York, 9 May 2007, lot 126 (consigned by the estates of the above) Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Réunion d’oeuvres par Berthe Morisot , 1922, no. 52 (titled La toilette ) Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Exposition d'oeuvres de Berthe Morisot , 1929, no. 84 (titled Jeune fille se coiffant ) New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Berthe Morisot , 1960, no. 69, illustrated

Literature

Monique Angoulvent, Berthe Morisot , Paris, 1933, no. 643 (titled La Toilette ) Marie-Louise Bataille and Georges Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot, Catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles , Paris 1961, no. 407, fig. 397, p. 50, illustrated Alain Clairet, Delphine Montalant and Yves Rouart, Berthe Morisot, 1841-1895, Catalogue Raisonné de l’Oeuvre Peint, Montolivet, 1997, no. 413, p. 316, illustrated

Catalog summary

Property of a Private Collector Berthe Morisot 1841 - 1895 Devant la toilette stamped with the signature Berthe Morisot (lower right) oil on canvas 25 ⅝ by 21 ⅜ in. 65.2 by 54.2 cm. Executed in 1894. Provenance Ambroise Vollard, Paris (until at least 1929) Carstairs Gallery, New York Mr. and Mrs. S.E. Worms, New York (acquired from the above by 1952) Hirschl & Adler Galleries Inc., New York (acquired from the estates of the above) Sam Porter Fine Arts, Great Neck Murray and Irene Pergament, Palm Beach (acquired from the above) Sotheby’s, New York, 9 May 2007, lot 126 (consigned by the estates of the above) Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner Literature Monique Angoulvent, Berthe Morisot , Paris, 1933, no. 643 (titled La Toilette ) Marie-Louise Bataille and Georges Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot, Catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles , Paris 1961, no. 407, fig. 397, p. 50, illustrated Alain Clairet, Delphine Montalant and Yves Rouart, Berthe Morisot, 1841-1895, Catalogue Raisonné de l’Oeuvre Peint, Montolivet, 1997, no. 413, p. 316, illustrated Exhibited Paris, Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Réunion d’oeuvres par Berthe Morisot , 1922, no. 52 (titled La toilette ) Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Exposition d'oeuvres de Berthe Morisot , 1929, no. 84 (titled Jeune fille se coiffant ) New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Berthe Morisot , 1960, no. 69, illustrated