Artist
Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895)French, 1841–1895
CultureFrench
Titles
- Little Girls in the Garden, The Basket Chair
Date1882
PlaceParis, France
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions24 1/8 × 29 3/4 in. (61.3 × 75.5 cm)
Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck
Object number98.294
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
222 Beck Galleries
Exposé
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Department
European Art, Beck CollectionSpecial Collections
Object Type
Silberman Galleries, New York] [3]; David M. Daniels4, Minneapolis and New York [4], at least by 1957 [5];
[his property, Sotheby's, London, "Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture,"
June 23, 1965, lot 95 as “Fillettes au jardin, la hotte,” illus.]; Mr. and Mrs. John A. and Audrey Jones
Beck, Houston, 1965 [6]; Mrs. Audrey Jones Beck, gift to MFAH, 1998.
[1] Mme Ernest Rouart (1879-1966) was born Julie Manet, the daughter of the artists Berthe Morisot and Eugène Manet. Julie married Ernest Rouart (1874-1942), one of the five children of Henri Rouart (1833-1912)---an important collector and supporter of the Impressionist artists.
[2] The work was exhibited in Paris in the Summer of 1941 and loaned from an unidentified private collection. See “Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, Summer 1941, cat. no. 62 as “La ‘Hotte.’” The dates of the ownership of Gabriel Thomas are currently unknown.
[3] E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York, was founded by Elkan (1892-1952) and Abris Silberman (1896-1968) in 1938.
[4] David M. Daniels (1927-2002) was an art collector and patron. He was a trustee of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts and President of the Drawing Society. In addition to the present paintings, works from his collection are known to have been sold in London (1978) and in New York (1995, 2002).
[https://research.frick.org/directory/detail/599, accessed June 12, 2024.]
[5] Daniels loans the present work from his collection to the 1957 exhibition as cited. See “Art Unites Nations: An Exhibition of Paintings,” E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York, December 10-28, 1957, cat. no. 18 as “La Hotte, ill., lent by David Daniels, New York. The catalogue indicates E. and A. Silberman Galleries as a former owner. When the work is loaned to the 1960 exhibition at Wildenstein, New York, the earlier ownership of Gabriel Thomas is acknowledged. See “Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Berthe Morisot” Wildenstein, New York, November 3-December 10, 1960, cat. no. 40 (ill.) as “Fillettes au Jardin (La Hotte).”
[6] The printed buyers’ list for this 1965 sale notes Paul Kantor as the final bidder, likely executed on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beck.
Exhibition History"Berthe Morisot," Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1902.
Salon d'Automne, Paris, 1907.
"Réunion d'oeuvres par Berthe Morisot," Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Paris, 1922.
"Exposition d'oeuvres de Berthe Morisot," Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1929.
"Berthe Morisot," M. Knoedler and Co., New York, 1936.
"Exposition Berthe Morisot," Musée de L'Orangerie, Paris, 1941.
"Paintings and Drawings from Three Private Collections," Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1960.
"Berthe Morisot, An Exhibition of Drawings/Pastels/Watercolors," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 10–November 8, 1960; Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York, November 12–December 10, 1960; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, December 20, 1960–January 18, 1961; Minneapolis Institute of Fine Arts, January 25–February 23, 1961.
"Manet Degas, Berthe Morisot, and Mary Cassatt," The Baltimore Museum of Art, April 18–June 3, 1962.
"The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1974.
"Berthe Morisot Impressionist," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., September 6–November 29, 1987; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, December 12, 1987–February 21, 1988; Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, Massachusetts, March 14–May 9, 1988.
"Berthe Morisot: Impressionist Original," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 20, 2019–January 12, 2020.
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