Inscription
lower center: B Morisot
Provenance
Gift of the artist to Edouard Manet, 1869; Gabriel Thomas [1854-1932], Paris, by 1896; by inheritance to his wife, until at least 1941.[1] Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1952;[2] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1874
- Première Exposition, Société Anonyme des Artistes Peintres, Sculptuers, Graveurs, etc. [First Impressionist Exhibition], Paris, 1874, no. 105, as Marine.
- 1894
- La libre esthétique, Brussels, 1894, probably no. 323, as Marine.
- 1896
- Berthe Morisot, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Paris, 1896, no. 149.
- 1919
- Cent oeuvres de Berthe Morisot, Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris, 1919, no. 4.
- 1924
- Exhibition of Paintings: Edouard Manet, Pierre Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1924, no. 2.
- 1929
- Exposition de l'oeuvres de Berthe Morisot, Bernheim-Jeune et Cie, Paris, 1929, no. 68.
- 1932
- Exhibition of French Art 1200-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1932, no. 262
- 1935
- L'Impressionisme, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1935, no. 53.
- 1936
- Exhibition of Masters of French 19th Century Painting, Anglo French Art and Travel Society, New Burlington Galleries, London, 1936, no. 40.
- 1936
- Exposition 'Le grand siècle', Paul Rosenberg, Paris, 1936, no. 40.
- 1937
- Chefs d'oeuvres de l'art français, Palais National des Arts, Paris, 1937, no. 381.
- 1938
- Honderd Jaar Fransche Kunst, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1938, no. 184, repro.
- 1952
- French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist.
- 1959
- Masterpieces of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
- 1961
- French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 33, repro
- 1966
- French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 95, repro., as The Harbor at Lorient with the Artist's Sister Edma.
- 1986
- The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1986, no. 11, repro.
- 1987
- Berthe Morisot, Impressionist. National Gallery of Art; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth; Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA, 1987-1988
- 1989
- Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
- 1990
- Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 52, repro.
- 1994
- Origins of Impressionism, Galeries nationales d'Exposition du Grand Palais, Paris; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1994-1995, no. 153, fig. 328, repro. (shown only in Paris).
- 1994
- Paris in 1874: The Year of Impressionism, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 1994, no. 34, repro., as Marine.
- 1995
- Landscapes of France: Impressionism and its rivals, Hayward Gallery, London; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1995-1996, no. 61, repro.
- 1997
- The Birth of Impressionism: From Constable to Monet, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, 1997, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
- 1999
- Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.
- 1999
- Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 28, repro.
- 2003
- Manet and the Sea, Art Institute of Chicago; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2003-2004, unnumbered catalogue, pl. 108 (shown only in Chicago and Philadelphia).
- 2011
- Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 2011, no. 34, repro.
- 2012
- Un été au bord de l'eau: Loisirs et impressionnisme, Muée des Beaux-Arts, Caen, 2012-2013, no. 25 (in catalogue), no. 24 (in checklist at the end of the catalogue), repro.
- 2013
- Impressionist France: Visions of Nation from Le Gray to Monet, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 2013 2014, no. 116, repro.
- 2015
- Monet and the Birth of Impressionism, Städel Museum, Frankfurt, 2015, no. 33, repro.
- 2016
- Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) and The Birth of Impressionism, Musée Fabre, Montpelier; Musée d'Orsay, Paris; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016-2017, no. 119, repro.
- 2018
- Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec City; Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia; Dallas Museum of Art; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 2018-2019 (shown only in Dallas and Paris), no. 24 (French catalogue); no. 16 (English catalogue), repro.
Bibliography
- 1961
- Bataille, M.L., and Georges Wildenstein. Berthe Morisot, catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles. Paris, 1961: no.17.
- 1961
- Comstock, Helen. "The Connoisseur in America: An Intimate View of French Masters." The Connoisseur 148, no. 598 (December 1961): repro. 338.
- 1966
- Goldwater, Robert. "The Glory that was France." Art News 65 (March 1966): 86, repro. 44.
- 1966
- Young, Mahonri Sharp. "The Mellon Collections: The Great Years of French Painting." Apollo 83 (June 1966): 431, repro.
- 1975
- European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 248, repro.
- 1978
- Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 38, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).
- 1984
- Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 459, no. 664, color repro.
- 1985
- European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 287, repro.
- 1985
- House, John. Impressionist Masterpieces, National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1985:74, repro.
- 1990
- Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum. Exh. cat. Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990: no. 52, repro.
- 1991
- Coman, Florence E. Joie de Vivre: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1991: no. 19, repro.
- 1991
- Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 261, color repro.
- 1997
- Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism, 1997, no. 132, repro.
- 1997
- Wilkins, David G. and Bernard Schultz and Katheryn M. Linduff. Art Past-Art Present, New York, 1997, no. 9-62, repro.
- 1998
- Pitman, Dianne W. Bazille: Purity, Pose, and Painting in the 1860s. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998: 136-137, repro. no. 86.
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