Berthe Morisot is certainly not a perfect artist. However, there are many admirable instincts in the way the pink border of a muslin scarf is arranged next to a blue or green umbrella, and what a lovely vagueness [there is] in the distance at sea where the tiny points of masts tilt!

Jean Prouvaire [Pierre Toloza], *Le Rappel*, 20 April 1874

Inscription: lower center: B Morisot 

Credit Line: Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection 

Accession Number: 1970.17.48 

Provenance:

Gift of the artist to Edouard Manet, 1869; Gabriel Thomas [1854-1932], Paris, by 1896; by inheritance to his wife, until at least 1941.[1] Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1952;[2] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA. [1] Gabriel Thomas was a cousin of Berthe Morisot. Published as still in the Thomas collection in Louis Rouart, Berthe Morisot, Paris, 1941. [2] Exhibited as part of Molyneux collection in 1952.