Portait of Berthe Morisot / Marcellin Desboutin

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Accession Number: 2012/2.190
Title: Portait of Berthe Morisot
Artist: Marcellin Desboutin
Artist Nationality: French
Artist Life Dates: 1823-1902
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint on heavy wove paper
Credit Line: Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
Dimensions: 26.67 cm x 17.78 cm (10 1/2 in. x 7 in.)
Physical Description: This etching and drypoint is a full-length portrait of a woman dressed in black and seated in an armchair holding a fan at her knees. The chair is turned to the side but the figure is seen frontally and looks directly out at the viewer. The figure and her costume are described in full while the chair and fan are depicted loosely in outline.
Subject Matter: Portrait of Berthe Morisot seated and holding a fan.
Primary Keywords: artists; fans (costume accessories); portraits; women
Secondary Keywords: costume; costume accessories; costume accessories carried; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the visual arts; people in the visual arts and related occupations; visual works; visual works by subject type
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2193 x 3510
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 2012/2.190
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.190/2012_2_190.jpg

In public portfolios: History of theatre - gestural acting (28); Representations of Fashion Siegfried (53); Spink research (24)

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Full citation: "Portait of Berthe Morisot; Marcellin Desboutin." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.190/2012_2_190.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 03, 2024.