Mademoiselle Louise Riesener in a Hat

Description

One of the only women associated with Impressionism, Berthe Morisot produced nearly 200 pastels. Cleveland’s collection is among the few in the United States featuring more than one example. Louise Riesener was a socialite and lifelong friend of Morisot’s, identified as the subject of this pastel by Morisot’s daughter, Julie Manet, decades after its acquisition by Cleveland industrialist Leonard C. Hanna Jr.

Provenance

Georges Lurcy [1891–1953], New York (?-?); (Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, sold to Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Cleveland, OH) (?-1939); Leonard C. Hanna Jr. [1889–1957], Cleveland, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1939-1958); Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1958-)

Mademoiselle Louise Riesener in a Hat

Berthe Morisot

c. 1877–80

Accession Number

1958.41

Medium

pastel on pale blue laid paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 55.5 x 46.8 cm (21 7/8 x 18 7/16 in.); Framed: 75.3 x 66.2 x 4.5 cm (29 5/8 x 26 1/16 x 1 3/4 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.