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This standout painting by Berthe Morisot is one of the lead works in our Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on 28 February #Christies20thCentury
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Morisot defiantly pursued a career as an artist in the latter half of the 19th century in an art world dominated by men, painting the world around her with constant innovation. She was a founding member of the Impressionist group, and exhibited with them in all but one of the group exhibitions between 1874 and 1886.
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Berthe Morisot, Femme et enfant au balcon, 1872. Estimate: £1,500,000-2,000,000.
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The work comes from the personal collection of Barbara Lambrecht and is sold to benefit the Rubens Prize Collection held in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Siegen.
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Meet the artists who broke all the rules.
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We’re counting down to 20th Century at Christie’s in London, our extraordinary sale series dedicated to one of the most exhilarating periods in art history #Christies20thCentury
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Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction – 7 March, King Street, 19.00.
Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction – 8 March, King Street, 13.00.
Handpicked: 100 Works Selected by the Saatchi Gallery – 10 & 22 March (London and New York), 13.00 and TBC.
Next Chapter: Contemporary art from an important Italian Collection – 2–14 March, Online.
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Fashion played an important role in Berthe Morisot’s art, perhaps nowhere more than in Femme en Noir, depicting an elegant young woman making her way to the theatre #Christies20thCentury
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Painted in 1875, a year before the Second Impressionist exhibition, this painting is one of the only full-length portraits in Berthe Morisot’s oeuvre, and is undoubtedly one of the finest works of her career.
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Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), Femme en Noir, 1875. Estimate: £600,000-800,000.
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Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale – 28 February at Christie’s London, King Street.
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In 1876 Monet travelled to the small, quiet hamlet of Montgeron, France, at the invitation of his friend and patron, Ernest Hoschedé #Christies20thCentury
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The artist spent the next six months studying the landscape and exploring the banks of the nearby river Yerres, where he produced this lush, idyllic painting, Saules au Bord de l’Yerres.
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Claude Monet (1840-1926), Saules au Bord de l’Yerres, 1876. Estimate: £1,500,000-2,500,000.
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Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale – 28 February at Christie’s London, King Street.
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