Sous les Orangers (Under the Orange Trees)
Artist
Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895)French, 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
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Exhibition History"Old Masters" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, May 4-Nov. 23,2024 [Fourth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Beck Building 201-8, 210-212,217: No Catalog]
Published References Paris, MM. Bernheim-Jeune, Exposition D’Oeuvres de Berthe Morisot, Paris: May 6-24, 1929. Cat. 159. 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]
Verso: Stamp in black ink, bottom left corner: “DOUANE / EXPORTATION / PARIS / CENTRALE” [customs stamp]
Catalogue raisonnéBataille and Wildenstein 539
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