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Mademoiselle Louise Riesener in a Hat

Mademoiselle Louise Riesener in a Hat

c. 1877–80
(French, 1841–1895)
France, 19th century
pastel on pale blue laid paper
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.)
Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1958.41
Catalogue raisonné: Bataille and Wildenstein 527
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Morisot favored the (formerly) blue paper used here for pastels and used it for numerous works.

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.
  • ?-?
    Georges Lurcy [1891–1953], New York
    ?-1939
    (Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, sold to Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Cleveland, OH)
    1939-1958
    Leonard C. Hanna Jr. [1889–1957], Cleveland, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    1958-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Bataille, M.-L. and G. Wildenstein. Berthe Morisot: Catalogue des peintures, pastels, et aquarelles. Paris: Beaux-Arts, 1961. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 56, no. 527; Reproduced: fig. 517
    Rey, Jean Dominique. Berthe Morisot. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 75
    Burnham, Helen. “Fashion and the Representation of Modernity: Studies in the Late Work of Édouard Manet (1832–1883).” PhD diss., Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 2007. Mentioned: p. 180
  • Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 20-April 30, 2023).
    Pure Color: Pastels from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 19, 2016-March 19, 2017).
    Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in Nineteenth-Century Paris. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013).
    Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008).
    Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000).
    Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 7, 1993-January 2, 1994).
    Form in the Arts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 15-November 10, 1959).
  • {{cite web|title=Mademoiselle Louise Riesener in a Hat|url=false|author=Berthe Morisot|year=c. 1877–80|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1958.41