Berthe Morisot
The harbor at Lorient
186943.5 x 73 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower center: B Morisot
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Ailsa Mellon bruce Collection
Literature
Catalogues raisonnés
Alain Clairet, Delphine Montalant, Yves Rouart, Berthe Morisot, Montolivet, 1997, nr. 17
Collection catalogues
Diane Kelder, French impressionists, from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., New York, 1980, pp. 28-29
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 664
Literature
Kathleen Adler and Tamar Garb, Berthe Morisot, Ithaca, N.Y., 1987, fig. 22
Provenance
gift of the artist to Edouard Manet, 1869
Gabriel Thomas (1854-1932), Paris, by 1896
by inheritance to his wife, until at least 1941
Capt. Edward H. Molyneux (1891-1974), Paris, by 1952
sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce (1901-1969), New York
bequest 1970 to NGA
Other works by Berthe Morisot
The Sisters
1869
1869
The artist's sister at a window
1869
1869
The Cheval-Glass
1876
1876
Young Woman by a Window (Summer)
1879
1879
Child among Hollyhocks
1881
1881