Soup Tureen and Apple (Soupière et Pomme)

Soup Tureen and Apple (Soupière et Pomme)

1877
Artist
Berthe Morisot, French, 1841-1895
Country
France
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Accession Number
1997.218
Credit Line
Purchased in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic C. Hamilton with funds from 1997 Collectors' Choice, the Anschutz Foundation, Frederick and Jan Mayer, UMB Bank, and U.S. Trust, and, by exchange, from T. Edward and Tullah Hanley, Lawrence C. Phipps Foundation, Adolph Kiesler, John Pogzeba for the Simon Guggenheim Collection, Mrs. Dan Thornton, and Dr. Paul Drey

Berthe Morisot, Soup Tureen and Apple (Soupière et Pomme), 1877. Oil paint on canvas; 22 1/8 × 18 1/8 in. (56.2 × 416 cm). Denver Art Museum: Purchased in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic C. Hamilton with funds from 1997 Collectors' Choice, the Anschutz Foundation, Frederick and Jan Mayer, UMB Bank, and U.S. Trust, and, by exchange, from T. Edward and Tullah Hanley, Lawrence C. Phipps Foundation, Adolph Kiesler, John Pogzeba for the Simon Guggenheim Collection, Mrs. Dan Thornton, and Dr. Paul Drey, 1997.218

Dimensions
image height: 22.125 in, 56.1975 cm; image width: 18.125 in, 46.0375 cm; frame height: 34 1/4 in, 86.9950 cm; frame width: 30 5/8 in, 77.7875 cm; frame depth: 4 in, 10.1600 cm
Inscription
[lower left] Berthe Morisot
Department
European and American Art Before 1900
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture before 1900
Known Provenance
Collection of the Artist; by inheritance, Morisot heirs. Possibly (Durand-Ruel), Paris. (Thomas Agnew & Sons), London. (Lefevre Gallery), London. Possibly (Matthiesen Gallery), London, by 1950. E. Amvkhanian, by 1987. (JPL Fine Arts), London. Private collection, Switzerland. (Galerie Hopkins-Thomas), Paris, by 1997; purchase, Denver Art Museum, 1997.
Exhibition History
  • "Berthe Morisot: An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings,"—The Art Council of Great Britain, London, 1950, no. 16
  • "Berthe Morisot,"—Galerie Hopkins-Thomas, Paris, 1987, no. 6, reproduced in color
  • "Les Femmes Impressionnistes: Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzalès, Berthe Morisot"—Tokyo, Museum of Art, 03/02/1995 - 04/11/1995
  • Hiroshima, Museum of Art, 04/16/1995 - 05/21/1995
  • Osaka, Takiashimaya Grand Hall, Hakodake, Museum of Art, 05/31/1995 - 06/13/1995, no. 4, reproduced in color
  • "Impressionists and Post-Impressionists Still-Life Painting"—Phillips Collection, Washington, 09/22/2001 - 01/13/2002
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 02/17/2002 - 06/09/2002
  • "Berthe Morisot"—Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, 06/20/2002 - 11/19/2002
  • "L'Impressionismo d l'eta di Van Gogh, La rivoluzione un 'arte nuova"—Fondazione Cassamarca, 11/20/2002 - 04/15/2003
  • "L’Impressionnisme vu d’Amérique"—Musée Fabre, Montpellier, 06/09/2007 - 09/09/2007
  • Musée de Grenoble, 10/19/2007 - 01/20/2008
  • "Les Femmes Impressionistes"—The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor, 06/21/2008 - 09/21/2008

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