Berthe Morisot
Young Woman Seated on a Sofa
c. 187980.6 x 99.7 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left: Berthe Morisot
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Partial and Promised Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Dillon, 1992
Literature
Catalogues raisonnés
Alain Clairet, Delphine Montalant, Yves Rouart, Berthe Morisot, Montolivet, 1997, nr. 78
Collection catalogues
introduction by Gary Tinterow, Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; New Haven, 2007, nr. 139
Provenance
Léon Clapisson, Paris, by 1882–92, sold on 21 April 1892, to Durand-Ruel
with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1892–95, sold in January 1895 to New York branch
with Durand-Ruel, New York, 1895–96, sold on 16 June 1896 to Paris branch
with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1896–at least 1921, to Durand-Ruel
Durand-Ruel private collection, Paris, by 1941–at least 1958
with Sam Salz, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Dillon, New York, by 1976
Other works by Berthe Morisot
Eugene Manet with his Daughter at Bougival
c. 1881
c. 1881
Woman with a Fan, Portrait of Madame Marie Hubbard
1874
1874
Nude Seen from the Back
1885
1885
Julie Playing the Violin, Study
1893
1893
Eugene Manet and his Daughter in the Garden
1883
1883