Berthe MORISOT (1841-1895) - Lot 42

Berthe MORISOT (1841-1895) Boats in the harbor, 1875 Pastel on tinted paper, signed lower right. 31.5 x 49 cm Provenance : - Former Louis Rouart collection Exhibitions : - 1928, Paris, Galerie Dru, Quelques tableaux, études, pastels, aquarelles et dessins de Berthe Morisot - May 6 to 24, 1929, Paris, Galerie Bernheim Jeune, Berthe Morisot, n°147 - Summer 1941, Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Berthe Morisot, n°125 Bibliography : - Marie-Louise Bataille and Georges Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot, catalog des peintures, pastels et aquarelles, Les Beaux-Arts, Collection l'Art Français, Paris, 1961, described on page 52 as n°432 and reproduced fig. 421. The catalog raisonné indicates that this pastel was executed in England.