Berthe Morisot in Black (about 1872–74; printed 1884): Art, History and Details

Berthe Morisot in Black (about 1872–74; printed 1884) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883); Auguste Clot (French, 1858–1936); Lemercier & Cie..

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Manet based this lithograph and the related composition in silhouette (at left) on a photograph of Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets (also on view in this gallery). None of the prints based on this portrait were printed in a commercial edition during Manet’s lifetime. Their original purpose was personal and private.

Object facts

• Title: Berthe Morisot in Black
• Date: about 1872–74; printed 1884
• Creator attribution: Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883); Auguste Clot (French, 1858–1936); Lemercier & Cie.
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: lithograph on wove paper
• Dimensions: Image: 20.4 x 14.3 cm (8 1/16 x 5 5/8 in.); Sheet: 36 x 27.4 cm (14 3/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1952.445

Collection credit

Dudley P. Allen Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Richards, Louise. "Prints of Edouard Manet." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 44, no. 8 (October 1957): 187-191.
• Pludermacher, Isolde. "An Enigma in Painting: Manet's Portraits of Morisot." In Manet & Morisot. Emily Beeny, Heather Lemonedes Brown, Anne Higonnet, Kimberly A. Jones, Nicole R. Myers, et al., 167-181. San Francisco, New Haven: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Yale University Press, 2025.

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