Berthe Morisot
The Basket Chair

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Artist Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895)French, 1841–1895

CultureFrench

Titles

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

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European Art, Beck Collection

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Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceMadame Ernest Rouart, Paris; Gabriel Thomas, Paris; [ E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York]; David Daniels, Minneapolis and New York; [, Sotheby's, London, "Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture," June 23, 1965, lot 95]; Mr. and Mrs. John A. and Audrey Jones Beck, Houston, 1965; Mrs. Audrey Jones Beck, gift to MFAH, 1998.
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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