The Artist's Sister, Edma, with Her Daughter, Jeanne

1872

Berthe Morisot

Artist, French, 1841 - 1895

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 25.1 x 25.9 cm (9 7/8 x 10 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1970.17.160

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bataille/Wildenstein 1961, no. 621


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Captain Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1952; acquired 1955 by Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969]; bequest 1970 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1929

  • Exposition d'oeuvres de Berthe Morisot, MM. Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1929. no. 131.

1949

  • Berthe Morisot 1841-1895, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, 1949, no. 53.

1950

  • Berthe Morisot, The Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1950, no. 55.

1952

  • French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist, as Portrait of Madame de Pontillon and Her Daughter.

1961

  • French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 32.

1966

  • French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 236, repro.

1985

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1985-1986.

Bibliography

1961

  • Bataille, M.L., and Georges Wildenstein. Berthe Morisot, catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles. Paris, 1961: 621.

  • French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961: 32 (both as "Mme. Pontillon and her Daughter Jeanne").

1982

  • Rey, Jean Dominique. Berthe Morisot. New York, 1982: 18.

1991

  • Wadley, Nicholas. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Drawing. London, 1991: no. 49b.

1998

  • Gersch-Nešic, Beth. “Pregnancy." In Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in Works of Art. Edited by Helene E. Roberts. 2 vols. Chicago, 1998: 2:754.

Wikidata ID

Q64537423


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