Impressionism, a historical reconstruction:

Berthe Morisot

(1841-1895)

at the 3rd ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1877

an impression of her exhibited pictures

What pictures did Berthe Morisot exhibit in 1877?
On this page you will see an accounted impression of the 12+1hc=13 pictures that Berthe Morisot probably exhibited at the 3rd ‘impressionist’ exposition of 1877 (catalogue numbers 120-131+hc). Morisot exhibited 4 oil paintings, 4 pastels and 5 watercolours/drawings. Most works were figure paintings. See also the clarification at the bottom of this page. I render the pictures thematically and chronological by number. Note: If you double click on the first picture (of a group) and then click on full screen, you can create a slideshow. Enjoy!

Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-120, Tête de jeune fille =1876, CR67, Woman with Fan (Head of a Girl), 62x52, A2013/05/07 — Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-120, Tête de jeune fille =1876, CR67, Woman with Fan (Head of a Girl), 62×52, A2013/05/07 (iR2;iR11;iR59;R2,p229;R90II,p96)

Berthe Morisot: 3IE-1877-121, La Psyché =1876, 1=2CR64, Psyche, 65x54, TBC Lugano or MTB Madrid (iR4;iR2;iR59;R90II,p78;R186,no64;M100) Provenance: Doria; sale 1899/05/04-57; Durand-Ruel. Expos: DR1902-10; London-1905-GG-159. — Berthe Morisot: 3IE-1877-121, La Psyché =1876, 1=2CR64, Psyche, 65×54, TBC Lugano or MTB Madrid (iR4;iR2;iR59;R90II,p78;R186,no64;M100) Provenance: Doria; sale 1899/05/04-57; Durand-Ruel. Expos: DR1902-10; London-1905-GG-159.

Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-122, La Terrasse. Maybe: 1876, CR62, Young Woman Watering a Shrub, 40x32, VMFA Richmond — Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-122, La Terrasse. Maybe: 1876, CR62, Young Woman Watering a Shrub, 40×32, VMFA Richmond (iR6;iR2;R90II,p78)

Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-122, La Terrasse =1874, CR37, On the Terrace, 45x54, FAM Tokyo (iR2;iR59;iR5;Mx;R2,p205;R90II,p97). Rouart collection (R45). — Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-122, La Terrasse =1874, CR37, On the Terrace, 45×54, FAM Tokyo (iR2;iR59;iR5;Mx;R2,p205;R90II,p97). Rouart collection (R45).

Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-123, Jeune femme à sa toilette. Maybe: 1877, CR72, Young Woman Powdering Her Face, 46x38, Orsay — Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-123, Jeune femme à sa toilette. Maybe: 1877, CR72, Young Woman Powdering Her Face, 46×38, Orsay (iR2;iR23;R42,p33;R3,p160)

Berthe Morisot: 1876, 1=2CR63, La Toilette, 56x45, xx (iR6;R90I,p78;R100,p27) Provenance: Cassatt; Depeaux; sale 1906/05-32; Bernheim-Jeune. Expos: =? 3IE-1877-123, Jeune Femme à sa toilette; BVc-1892-24; DR1896-68. — Berthe Morisot: 1876, 1=2CR63, La Toilette, 56×45, xx (iR6;R90I,p78;R100,p27) Provenance: Cassatt; Depeaux; sale 1906/05-32; Bernheim-Jeune. Expos: =? 3IE-1877-123, Jeune Femme à sa toilette; BVc-1892-24; DR1896-68.

Berthe Morisot: 3IE-1877-125, Pastel =1877, BW434, Dreamer, pastel, 50x61, NAMA Kansas City (iR10;M42;iR59;R90II,p97) — Berthe Morisot: 3IE-1877-125, Pastel =1877, BW434, Dreamer, pastel, 50×61, NAMA Kansas City (iR10;M42;iR59;R90II,p97)

Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-126, Vue de la Tamise, pastel =1875, CR431, Bateaux sur La Tamise (Ships on the Thames), pastel, 31x48, xx — Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-126, Vue de la Tamise, pastel =1875, CR431, Bateaux sur La Tamise (Ships on the Thames), pastel, 31×48, xx (iR6;R100,p52;R90II,p78)

Berthe Morisot: 1879, BW80, Woman Picking Flowers (In the Bois de Boulogne), 61x75, Nm Stockholm (iR8;iR2;iR59;R100,no80;R90II,p152;R2,p312;M91) Expos: =5IE-1880-119, Jardin. Compare: 3IE-1877-131+hc, pastel (R90I,p157). — Berthe Morisot: 1879, BW80, Woman Picking Flowers (In the Bois de Boulogne), 61×75, Nm Stockholm (iR8;iR2;iR59;R100,no80;R90II,p152;R2,p312;M91) Expos: =5IE-1880-119, Jardin. Compare: 3IE-1877-131+hc, pastel (R90I,p157).

Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-127, Aquarelle. Maybe(?): 1876, CR636, Jeune femme en robe noir (young woman in a black dress), wc, 12x8, xx — Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-127, Aquarelle. Maybe(?): 1876, CR636, Jeune femme en robe noir (young woman in a black dress), wc, 12×8, xx (iR6;R100,p63;R90II,p78)

Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-129, Aquarelle. Maybe(?): 1876, CR638, L'Oise à Maurecourt, wc, 15x26, A2012/05/22 — Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-129, Aquarelle. Maybe(?): 1876, CR638, L’Oise à Maurecourt, wc, 15×26, A2012/05/22 (iR11;iR13;R90II,p78)

Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-128, Aquarelle. Maybe(??): 1867, CR613, Paysage (landscape), wc, 14x22, A2012/11/07 — Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-128, Aquarelle. Maybe(??): 1867, CR613, Paysage (landscape), wc, 14×22, A2012/11/07 (iR11;iR2;iR6;R100,p61)

Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-130, dessin. Compare: 1885, CR167, Portrait of Berthe Morisot and Her Daughter (Self-Portrait with Julie; detail), 72x91, private — Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-130, dessin. Compare: 1885, CR167, Portrait of Berthe Morisot and Her Daughter (Self-Portrait with Julie; detail), 72×91, private (iR2;iR6)

Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-131, dessin. Compare: 1885ca, CR166, Self-Portrait (detail), 61x50, Marmottan — Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-131, dessin. Compare: 1885ca, CR166, Self-Portrait (detail), 61×50, Marmottan (iR2;iR6)

Compare works of others:
I couldn’t find a work of Morisot to suggest for 3IE-1877-124, l’Amazone. To compare I render a work of Edouard Manet.

Edouard Manet (1832-83): 1882ca, Horsewoman, full-face (L'Amazone), 73x52, MNTB Madrid (M100;R262,no296) =ENBA-1884-114 — Edouard Manet (1832-83): 1882ca, Horsewoman, full-face (L’Amazone), 73×52, MNTB Madrid (M100;R262,no296) =ENBA-1884-114

Clarification:
For explanation of the subscriptions, see here. 6 works Morisot exhibited in 1877 were without title, what makes it (almost) impossible to identify them. Often I render more than one option. Sometimes to ‘compare’ another picture is given that is (probably) similar to the picture that was exhibited. For no. 124 I coudn’t find a picture. See link for an account of my choices (with references, info, discussion, location on Google-maps). My main sources are Moffett (=R2), Berson (R90II) and Bataille & Wildenstein (R100). My main sources for the pictures are the-athenaeum.org (=iR2), WikiCommons (=iR6) and Google images (=iR10). Sometimes I forgot the source (=iRx). See for the other sources at the bottom of the main page on Berthe Morisot.

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