Artwork
Jeune femme au repos
Jeune femme au repos is a print by the Impressionist artist Berthe Morisot. It dates from 1889 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
Morisot produced a small suite of prints during this period, encouraged by fellow Impressionists Mary Cassatt and Stéphane Mallarmé.
*Jeune femme au repos* is a drypoint print by Berthe Morisot, created around 1887–88 and later printed by Ambroise Vollard in 1921 from plates not originally intended for public display. The work depicts a seated woman in repose, likely based on Morisot’s earlier oil painting of the same subject. Morisot produced a small suite of prints during this period, encouraged by fellow Impressionists Mary Cassatt and Stéphane Mallarmé. The print is part of a limited set of etchings representing her entire output in the medium.
Artist & collection
Artist
Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot (French: ; 14 January 1841 – 2 March 1895) was a French painter, printmaker and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists.
