Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009247About the Artwork
Morisot’s sister, Edma, posed for this painting of a woman seated on her shawl in a field, her eyes on the pages of a book, with a parasol and fan discarded on the grass. Her white dress reflects the light and shadows of the outdoor setting; its delicate floral pattern echoes the meadow’s wildflowers. X-ray examination reveals that Morisot revised Edma’s eyes, which previously looked directly at the beholder, in a manner more typical of Manet’s figures (see The Railway on view in this gallery). Whereas women in Manet’s paintings often return the viewer’s look, Morisot’s figures are usually absorbed in tasks or private reflection.
Inscriptions
Signed lower right: [black:] B [in red:] erthe M[in black:] orisot Remnants of a signature lower left: B
Provenance
?: Édouard Daliphard, Poissy By 1929-1932: Gabriel Thomas (1851-1932), Paris ?: Édouard Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris Until 1950: (César de Hauke, Paris, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1950-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958). Manet, Degas, Cassatt, and Berthe Morisot. The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (organizer) (April 17-June 3, 1962). Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 7, 1993-January 2, 1994). Masters of Impressionism. Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico (November 17, 1998-February 28, 1999). Faces of Impressionism: Portraits from American Collections. The Baltimore Museum of Art (organizer) (October 10, 1999-January 30, 2000); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (March 25-May 7, 2000); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 28-July 30, 2000). Rétrospective Berthe Morisot (1841-1895). Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille, Lille, France (organizer) (March 8-June 9, 2002); Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland (June 20-November 19, 2002). Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009). Berthe Morisot, Woman of our Time. Musée Marmottan Monet, 75016, Paris, France (organizer) (March 7-July 1, 2012). Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014). Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible. The Met Breuer, New York, NY (March 18-September 4, 2016). Berthe Morisot, Woman, Impressionist. Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (organizer) (June 21-September 23, 2018); The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA (October 20, 2018-January 14, 2019); The Dallas Museum of Art (February 24-May 26, 2019); Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France (June 17-September 22, 2019); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 20, 2019-January 20, 2020). Paris 1874: Inventing Impressionism. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France (organizer) (co-organizer) (March 25-July 12, 2024) https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/whats-on/exhibitions/paris-1874-inventing-impressionism; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (September 8, 2024-January 20, 2025). Manet & Morisot. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (organizer) (October 11, 2025-February 15, 2026) https://www.famsf.org/exhibitions/manet-morisot; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (co-organizer) (March 29-July 5, 2026).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895)
- Date
- 1873
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 74.3 x 100.3 x 12.1 cm (29 1/4 x 39 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 46 x 71.8 cm (18 1/8 x 28 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of the Hanna Fund
- Accession no.
- 1950.89
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