Woman in a Garden
Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895)1882–83
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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About this work
This work was probably begun in the summer of 1882, when Berthe Morisot and her family rented a house in Bougival, a picturesque village along the Seine River in northern France. Morisot spent the season there with her husband, Eugène Manet (artist Édouard Manet's brother), and their nearly four-year-old daughter, Julie. The child wearing a straw hat in the background of this painting is likely based on Julie, while the identity of the main figure is unknown.
Morisot applied paint as if she were making a landscape in the Impressionist style, slashing acid green pigments and bluish ochers across the canvas to transcribe the effects of dappled sunlight without differentiating between the strokes used for the figure and setting.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 123 × 94 cm (48 1/2 × 37 in.)
Museum record · 1 owner · 1 exhibition
Provenance
- With the artist until her death in 1895; by descent to the artist’s daughter Julie and her husband Ernest Rouart; by descent to their son, Denis Rouart; sold to Nathan Cummings, 1955, Palm Beach, Florida; given to Mrs. Robert B. Mayer, Chicago in the 1970s; sold to Consolidated Foods Corporation, Nathan Cummings Collection, 1983; given to the Art Institute, 1999.
Exhibitions
- Possibly London, Dowdeswell Galleries, Impressionist exhibition organized by Durand-Ruel: Paintings, Drawings, and Pastels by Members of the “Société des Impressionistes, April 1883. Paris, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Berthe Morisot (Madame Eugène Manet): Exposition de son oeuvre, March 5-21, 1896, as Le Jardin, 1883. Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, 1902 Paris, Salon d’Automne, 1907 ILL, 7.11.07 Paris, Manzi, Joyant and Cie., 1912 Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Cent oeuvres de Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), November 7-11, 1919. Paris, Marcel Bernheim Gallery, Réunion d’oeuvres de Berthe Morisot, June-July 1922. Paris, L. Dru Gallery, Exposition de Pastels, Aquarelles, Dessins, Crayons de Berthe Morisot, May 21-June 25, 1926, as Jardin, 1883. Paris, Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, Exposition d’oeuvres de Berthe Morisot, May 6-24, 1929, as Le Jardin, prêté par M. et Mme Rouart. Paris, Musée de l’Orangerie, Exposition: Berthe Morisot, 1941, as Le Jardin, 1883. Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, August-September 1949, as Le Jardin, 1883. London, The Arts Council, Berthe Morisot: An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, 1950, as In the Garden, 1883. Toronto, Art Gallery of Toronto, Berthe Morisot and Her Circle: Paintings from the Rouart Collection, 1952-1954, as The Garden, 1883; traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art; Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection; San Fransisco, California Palace of The Legion of Honor; Portland, Portland Museum of Art. Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, La Collection Nathan Cummings, March-May 1965, as Jeune Fille dans un Jardin. Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Selections from the Nathan Cummings Collection, June 28-September 11, 1970, as In the Garden, 1883, also shown in New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 1-September 7, 1971. Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Berthe Morisot: Impressionist, September 6-November 29, 1987, no cat. no. as The Garden; traveled to Fort-Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, December 12, 1987-February 21, 1988; South Hadley, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, March 14-May 9, 1988. Singapore, Singapore Museum of Art, Monet to Moore, April 1-May 30, 1999, traveled to Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, June 11-August 22, 1999; Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, September 10-November 7, 1999; Oregon, Portland Art Museum, November 19-January 23, 2000; The Art Institute of Chicago, march 13-May 28, 2000, as The Garden (LeJardin), 1882-83. Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Museum of Art, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–November 2, 2008. Paris, France, Marmottan-Monet Museum, Berthe Morisot: 1841-1895, March 7- July 1, 2012.. Charlottenlund, Denmark, Ordrupgaard, Impressionism and Its Overlooked Women, Feb. 10–May 20, 2024; Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland, Woman Impressionists, June 27–Oct. 6, 2024.
