On the Balcony

Provenance

Estate of the artist [Lugt Suppl. 388a]; by descent to her daughter, Mme. Ernst Rouart (née Julie Manet; d. 1966), to around 1930 [according to Angoulvent 1933]. De Hauke and Company, New York, by 1930 [the registrar’s card states that de Hauke lent the drawing to the 1930 exhibition at the Art Institute]. Sold by Jacques Seligmannn & Co., New York, to the Art Institute, 1933.

On the Balcony

Berthe Morisot

1871/72

Accession Number

13916

Medium

Watercolor, with touches of gouache, over graphite, on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

20.6 × 17.3 cm (8 1/8 × 6 13/16 in.)

Classification

watercolor

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Charles Netcher in memory of Charles Netcher II