Lake with Rowboat

1888, printed 1921

Berthe Morisot

Associated Names
Berthe Morisot

Artist, French, 1841 - 1895

The image shows a scene among trees, with a perspective looking slightly upwards. The horizon is not clearly defined, but hints of a ground and distant structures are visible. The etching features delicate, sketch-like brushstrokes creating an airy and moving effect, especially in the foliage and branches. The color palette is monochromatic, using light and dark gray tones against a white background. Two tree trunks with branches and leaves are prominently featured, with faint outlines of distant structures in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16 × 11.9 cm (6 5/16 × 4 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.5 × 28 cm (14 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1953.6.99

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bailly-Herzberg 1979, no. 1

  • Series Title

    Cahier de huit pointes seches

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Henri M. Petiet, Paris, 1952)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Dedicatory Art Exhibition for the William Cooper Procter Art Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 1965, no. 39.

Bibliography

1979

  • Bailly-Herzberg. "Les estampes de Berthe Morisot." Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 6th ser. 93 (May/June 1979): 215-227, no. 1.

Inscriptions

recto: below image at right in graphite in later hand: 18/25; verso: none

Markings

recto: below image, at left: B.M. [Berthe Morisot, Lugt 388a]; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

ARCHES

Wikidata ID

Q65222059

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