Berthe Morisot - On the Veranda 1884
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On the Veranda 1884
81x100cm oil/canvas
Private collection
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From Christie's:
Morisot created this exquisite portrait of her daughter Julie Manet–the greatest joy and overwhelming focus of her personal life, and the subject at the very heart of her revolutionary artistic practice–during the summer of 1884, when the little girl was five and a half years old. Painted on a monumental scale seldom seen in Morisot’s work, Dans la véranda depicts Julie seated in the sun room of the family’s home in Bougival, examining, or more likely arranging, some freshly cut flowers. A grand expanse of greenery, rendered in exceptionally free and gestural strokes, is visible through the porch windows, which extend the entire width of the canvas. The rooftops of neighboring houses emerge above the trees, while the window at the right reflects back a faint image of the interior itself, initiating a complex play of distance and proximity.