Berthe Morisot in Black
1873
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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Edouard Manet
Édouard Manet didn’t have much time to make his mark—he died at 51—but he used every year.
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Berthe Morisot in Black is a 1873 by Edouard Manet, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a portrait of Berthe Morisot in a black dress. She's looking away from the viewer. The interesting thing about this work is that it was based on a photograph of Berthe Morisot, and Manet used it to create a personal and private print, not for commercial use. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique of sfumato.
Manet based this lithograph and the related composition in silhouette (at left) on a photograph of Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets (also on view in this gallery). None of the prints based on this portrait were printed in a commercial edition during Manet’s lifetime. Their original purpose was personal and private.
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Édouard Manet didn’t have much time to make his mark—he died at 51—but he used every year.
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