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AT-00011145Sewing near the Window
About the Artwork
This watercolor depicts Euphrasie, or Pasie, the nanny for Berthe Morisot’s young daughter Julie. Pasie appears in the artist’s apartment, sewing before a window during a contemplative moment. As with many of Morisot’s works in the medium, she used this example to develop the composition of a future painting into which she added Julie and more tightly cropped the scene. Watercolor was a constant interest for Morisot, and she practiced it from around 1870 throughout the rest of her career, creating both finished and preparatory works.
Inscriptions
At lower right, in purple ink: stamped signature [Lugt 1826]; inscribed on verso, top center, in pencil: Portrait de la bonne de Mme Rouart (E[rnest] / Pasie (Euphrasie) / execute vers 1885 / congédiée vers 1885 / cousant au rez de chausée devant / bow window dominant sur jardin / toit des écuries sur la droite
Provenance
c. 1885-1895: By descent from the artist [1841-1895] 1895-around 1960: Madame Ernest Rouart (née Julie Manet) [1878-1966], Paris around 1960: (Charles Slatkin Gallery, New York, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Leo M. Rogers) around 1960-1972: Mr. and Mrs. Leo M. Rogers, New York 1972: (their sale, Christie’s, London, June 27, 1972, no. 108, likely sold to L’Art Ancien) 1972-1973: (L’Art Ancien, Zurich, sold to Ian Woodner) 1973-1990: Ian Woodner [1903-1990], New York, by descent 1990-2025: Private collection, New York 2025: (W. M. Brady & Co., New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 2025-: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
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
- about 1885
- Medium
- watercolor and graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 28.6 x 22.9 cm (11 1/4 x 9 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Sundry Art - Miscellaneous Fund
- Accession no.
- 2025.209
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