Berthe Morisot
Sous les Orangers (Under the Orange Trees)

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Sous les Orangers (Under the Orange Trees)
ArtistFrench, 1841–1895
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Sous les Orangers (Under the Orange Trees)
Date1889
MediumPastel on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 12 1/2 × 19 in. (31.8 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will L. McLendon in memory of Norbert Choucroun
Object number2020.476
Non exposé

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, 1889; [Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1929]; Collection of Will L. McLendon, Houston, by 2015; given to MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in ink, bottom left corner: Berthe Morisot [severely faded]
Watermark: Verso: upper center: AL [encircled with tie]
Verso: Stamp in black ink, bottom left corner: “DOUANE / EXPORTATION / PARIS / CENTRALE” [customs stamp]
Catalogue raisonnéBataille and Wildenstein 539

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