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Berthe Morisot in Black
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About this 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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBerthe Morisot in Black, about 1872–74; printed 1884. Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883), printed by Auguste Clot (French, 1858–1936), published by Lemercier & Cie.. Lithograph on wove paper; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1952.445
