Young girl sewing
Maker
(artist)
1841-1895
1841-1895
Title
Young girl sewing
Date of Production
1885 - 1888
Medium
graphite with stumping on wove paper, partially framed in graphite
Dimensions
Height: 22.6 cm
Width: 32 cm
Width: 32 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.241
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Rouart Collection, Paris (this information supplied by Dina Vierny; Ernest Rouart (1874-1942) was the son-in-law of Berthe Morisot, so it seems likely he acquired this directly from the artist); purchased from him by Dina Vierny Gallery (Paris), by 1950; purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), March 1950 (18,000 francs); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Dina Vierny, Paris, 1950
Literature
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 241
pl. LXVI
dated c. 1880-5
Rouart, Denis, Correspondance de Berthe Morisot avec sa famille etc., Documents réunis et présentés par Denis Rouart, Paris 1950
ill. on p. 61
English edition, London, 1957, p. 65
no. 241
pl. LXVI
dated c. 1880-5
Rouart, Denis, Correspondance de Berthe Morisot avec sa famille etc., Documents réunis et présentés par Denis Rouart, Paris 1950
ill. on p. 61
English edition, London, 1957, p. 65
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper centre edge, graphite: "SIZE I"; lower right corner, graphite: "3".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper centre edge, graphite: "SIZE I"; lower right corner, graphite: "3".
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