BERTHE MORISOT etching 1889 Femme Nue de Dos Impressionist For Sale

BertheMorisot (French, 1845-1891)

Femme nuede dos (Nude woman from behind)

Etching on paper

1889-c1900

Plate:5 ¼ x 4 inches

Sheet: approximately 10 x 13 inches

Unframed

Morisot exhibited inthe 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th,and 8th Impressionist exhibits

Recent retrospectives of her work include Musée D\'Orsay in Paris and Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco

This is a well-known etching by the legendary Impressionist, Berthe Morisot. Originally published in 1889, this one is probably a \"restrike,\" which means it is a later printing made with the original block. Possibly by Ambrose Vollard around 1900, but I\'m not able to verify that. One of the first printings of this etching is in the Harvard Art Museum. This type of etching is considered to be an original work of art (not a reproduction) but since it was printed after the initial printing, it is not nearly as valuable. Please note in the photo that the paper of the etching is slightly wavy and the right edge has some splitting of the paper.

Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot (French: January 14, 1841– March 2, 1895) was a French painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists.

In 1864, Morisot exhibited for the first time in the highly esteemed Salon de Paris. Sponsored by the government and judged by Academicians, the Salon was the official, annual exhibition of the Académie des beaux-arts in Paris. Her work was selected for exhibition in six subsequent Salonsuntil, in 1874, she joined the \"rejected\" Impressionists in the first of their own exhibitions, which included Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley. It was held at the studioof the photographer Nadar. Morisot went on to participate in all but one of the following eight impressionist exhibitions, between 1874 and 1886.

Morisot was married to Eugène Manet, the brother of her friend and colleague Édouard Manet.