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Young Girl Holding a Basket

Berthe MorisotLinkedCulture matchlcp-bb5b0754b812

Date: 1891
Medium: Pastel on pink laid paper with red fibrous inclusions (pieced at bottom), stretched and edge mounted on a honeycomb paper panel
Culture: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 186319

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This large-scale drawing is a study for the painting The Cherry Tree (1891, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris). The model is Berthe Morisot’s niece, Jeanne Gobillard, who lifts a basket to gather fruit. The light passages of yellow pastel suggest patches of sunlight reflecting off her hat, hair, and dress. The pink paper Morisot used adds additional luminosity to this outdoor scene.

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Credit line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Provenance: Estate of the artist [stamp (Lugt 1826) recto, lower right, in black]; J. M. Rouart, Paris; sold, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, Feb. 23, 1954, lot 46. Sold, Sotheby’s, London, Mar. 27, 1985, lot 317, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA.; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.

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Object type: AAT300033973

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