Young Girl Holding a Basket
<p>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.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1891
- Dimensions
- 45.9 × 83.8 cm (18 1/8 × 33 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Berthe Morisot
Artist
Painting
Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot was a French painter, printmaker and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists.
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Record
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- Berthe Morisot
- Year
- 1891
- Dimensions
- 45.9 × 83.8 cm (18 1/8 × 33 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1891-118974
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified