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Mademoiselle Louise Riesener in a Hat

c. 1877–80

Berthe Morisot

(French, 1841–1895)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
pastel on pale blue laid paper
Measurements
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.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1958.41
Catalogue raisonné
Bataille and Wildenstein 527
Public Domain
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Location
004 Special Exhibition Gallery
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Morisot favored the (formerly) blue paper used here for pastels and used it for numerous works.

Description

This portrait depicts Louise Riesener, daughter of artist Léon Riesener and close friend of Morisot. The artist depicted her subject in bust-length profile wearing a black jacket out of which peek the decorative ties of a white blouse. Morisot paid particular attention to the hat; a fashionable Parisian woman of the upper-middle class would have worn such an accessory whenever she went out in public. Morisot produced nearly 200 pastels during her career, the majority figure studies and portraits brought to varying degrees of finish.
A vertically oriented pastel drawing on pale blue paper depicts a woman in profile facing our left. She wears a voluminous black hat and a dark ruffled collar with a white ruffled detail at her chest. Her fair skin has light pink tones, and her blue eyes look forward beneath blonde hair. Wispy light blue pastel strokes surround her head, while her lower body is lightly sketched. A small dark mark sits at the bottom.

Mademoiselle Louise Riesener in a Hat

c. 1877–80

Berthe Morisot

(French, 1841–1895)
France, 19th century

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