Provenance
From the artist to her sister, Mme. Pontillon, Paris; by inheritance to her daughter, Mme. E. Forget, Paris, by 1941;[1] Ernest Rouart [1874-1942], Paris.[2] Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, France, by 1952; sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1] Lent by Mme Forget to 1941 exhibition at the l'Orangerie in Paris.
[2] Listed as Ernest Rouart collection in 1945 exhibition at Durand-Ruel in Paris. See letter from Charles Durand-Ruel dated 20 December 1977 in NGA curatorial files. Roart was married to the artist's daughter, Julie Manet, and thus the cousin of Mme. Forget.
Exhibition History
- 1870
- Salon of 1870, Paris, no. 2040
- 1919
- Possibly Cent oeuvres de Berthe Morisot, Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1919, no. 6
- 1941
- Berthe Morisot, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1941, no. 7
- 1949
- Berthe Morisot, NY Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, 1949, no. 2, repro.
- 1950
- Berthe Morisot, The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1950, no. 2, repro.
- 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, repro. (identified with wrong title).
- 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. 30, repro., as Portrait of Mme. Pontillon
- 1966
- French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 93, repro., as The Artist's Sister, Madame Edma Pontillon.
- 1986
- Capolavori Impressionisti dei Musei Americani, Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples; Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, 1986-1987, no. 34, 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. 51, repro.
- 1992
- From El Greco to Cézanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metroplitan Museum of Art, New York, National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1992-1993, no. 56, 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. 27, repro.
- 2002
- Berthe Morisot, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille; Fondation Pierre Gianadda Martigny, Switzerland, 2002, no. 6, repro. (shown only in Lille).
- 2006
- Berthe Morisot: Regards Pluriels - Plural Vision, Musée de Lodève, 2006, no. 4, repro., as Young Woman at a Window.
- 2008
- Impressionist Interiors, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 2008, no. 21, fig. 1.
- 2012
- Berthe Morisot, 1841-1895, Musée Marmottan-Claude Monet, Paris, 2012, no. 8, repro.
- 2013
- Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016.
- 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, no. 16 (French catalogue); no. 9 (English catalogue), repro.
- 2021
- CLOSE-UP. Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Lotte Laserstein, Frida Kahlo, Alice Neel, Marlene Dumas, Cindy Sherman, Elizabeth Peyton, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, 2021 - 2022, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
- 1961
- Bataille, M.L., and Georges Wildenstein. Berthe Morisot, catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles. Paris, 1961: no.18.
- 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: 36, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).
- 1984
- Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 459, no. 663, color repro.
- 1985
- European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 286, 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. 51, repro.
- 1991
- Coman, Florence E. Joie de Vivre: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1991: no. 18, repro.
- 1996
- Roos, Jane Mayo. Early Impressionism and the French State (1866-1874). Cambridge, 1996: 139-140, 143, fig. 107.
- 1997
- Southgate, M. Therese. The Art of JAMA: One Hundred Covers and Essays from The Journal of the American Medical Association. St. Louis, 1997: 124-125, 208-209, color repro.
- 1998
- Adler, Shane. “Whiteness." In Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in Works of Art. Edited by Helene E. Roberts. 2 vols. Chicago, 1998: 2:939.
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