Which pictures did Berthe Morisot exhibit in 1874? On this page you will see an accounted impression of the 10 pictures that Berthe Morisot showed at the 1st ‘impressionist’ exposition of 1874 (catalogue numbers 104-112+hc). Morisot exhibited 4 oil paintings, 3 pastels and 3 watercolours. I render the pictures in a more thematical order and by format. If you click on the first picture you can create a slideshow. On a smartphone or laptop you can also zoom in. Enjoy!
Berthe Morisot: 1IE-1874-105, La lecture =1873, Sbr, 1CR14, Reading (The Green Umbrella; Edma seated on the grass), 46×72, Cleveland MA (M27;iR2;R90I,p35+27;R90II,p25+10;R1,p325;R100,no14;R88II,p451) Provenance: =!? HD1875/03/24-24, La lecture (45×70) -> Daliphart (210fr); Expo: BJ1917.
Berthe Morisot: 1IE-1874-107, Marine =? 1871, CR16, The harbour at Cherbourg, 42×56, YUAG New Haven (iR6;iR2;R90II,p25+10;M33)
Berthe Morisot: 1869, 1CR17=2CR17, The Harbor at Lorient, 44×73, NGA Washington (iR2;R90I,p35;R2,p134+121;R42,p9;R186,no17;M21) Given to Edouard Manet in 1869. Expos: =??? 1IE-1874-107, Marine; 1LE-1894-323; DR1896-149.
Berthe Morisot, 1IE-1874-109, Un village. Now: 1873, CR424, The Village of Maurecourt, pastel, 47×72, private NY (iR10;iR135;iR2;R2,p136;R90II,p10)
Berthe Morisot: 1IE-1874-104, Le berceau = 1872, 1CR25=2CR25, The Cradle, 56×46, Orsay (iR2;R2,p131+121;R90II,p10+25;R3,p89;R186,no25M1) Expos: DR1906-364; DR1902-40; Louvre-1902-110.
Berthe Morisot, 1IE-1874-108, Portrait de Mademoiselle M.T. (=Madeleine Thomas; pastel). Now: 1873ca, CR426, Young Girl with a Parrot, pastel, 60×50, NY private (iR2;R2,p135;R90II,p10)
Berthe Morisot: 1871, CR419, Portrait of Madame Edma Pontillon, pastel, 81×65, Orsay (iR10;iR92;iR2;iR1;R90I,p32;R42,p17;R3,p88;R90II,p26+11;R100,no419;M1) =!? S1872-1142, Portrait de Mlle E. P…; pastel; =1IE-1874-112+hc, Torso of a woman (pastel)
Berthe Morisot: 1IE-1874-110, Sur la falaise (aquarelle) = 1873, CR622, On the cliff, wc, 18×23, DAG Louvre (Orsay) (iR10;iR94;iR166;iR59;R2,p122;R90II,p26+10;M1;M5a) (Edma Pontillon-Morisot with Jeanne (b.1870) in Fécamps.
Berthe Morisot: 1IE-1874-111, Dans le bois, aquarelle =? 1872ca, CR623cp, At the edge of the forest (Edma and Jeanne), wc, 20×22, NGA Washington (M21;iR8;iR40;R401,no185) Compare: HD1875/03/24-30, Lisière d’un bois (aquarelle; 48×64).
Berthe Morisot: 1IE-1874-112, ……….. ; aquarelle =!? 1871, CR615, Woman and Child Seated in a Meadow, wc, 21×24, private (iR2;iR64;iR10;R90I,p35;R2,p122;R90II,p26+10)
Berthe Morisot: 1IE-1874-111, Dans le bois, aquarelle =?? 1872, CR620, Jeune femme dans un paysage (Young woman and child on a bench), wc, 33×23, DAG Louvre (Orsay) (iR6;iR10;iR357;M5a;M1;iR23;R90II,p26+10;R2,p122;R87,p246;R410,no140)
Probably not exhibited: The following works are suggested to have been exhibited by Morisot in 1874. But, I think they (probably) weren’t. See also the account.
Berthe Morisot: S1870-2039, Portrait de Mmes =1869-70, CR20, Mother and Sister of the Artist (the reading) 101×82, NGA Washington (iR2;iR8;iR1;R3,p88;R100,p24). Note: this work was incorrectly suggested for 1IE-1874-105, La Lecture (R2,p121;R87,p245).
Sources: See link for an account of my choices (with references, info, discussion, location on Google-maps). My main sources are Moffett (=R2), Dayez (=R87), Berson (R90II), Patry/Robbins (R410) and Bataille & Wildenstein (R100). Sometimes the indentification of a painting is ‘uncertain’. For explanation of the subscriptions, see here. My main sources for the pictures are the-athenaeum.org (=iR2), WikiCommons (=iR6) and Google images (=iR10). See for the other sources at the bottom of the main page on Berthe Morisot.
Recommanded citation: “Impressionism: Berthe Morisot, an impression of her pictures exhibited at the 1st ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1874. Last modified 2024/10/06. https://www.impressionism.nl/morisot-1874-expo/ .”
