The Sisters

Provenance

(Bernheim-Jeune, Paris); sold 15 June 1910 to (Durand-Ruel, Paris); sold 14 November 1912 to (Carroll Carstairs Gallery, New York).[1] Mrs. Charles Stewart Carstairs [née Elizabeth Stebbins, d. 1949], Lockport, New York, and Paris;[2] bequest 1952 to NGA. [1] According to memoranda dated 4 December 1986 in NGA curatorial files. [2] Elizabeth Stebbins was the second wife of Charles S. Carstairs [1865-1928], whose son from his first marriage was Carroll Carstairs [d. 1948]. Mrs. Carstairs' maiden name is provided in a letter of 13 February 1995 from Dr. Lorne Campbell, in NGA curatorial files.

The Sisters

Morisot, Berthe

1869

Accession Number

1952.9.2

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 52.1 × 81.3 cm (20 1/2 × 32 in.) | framed: 69.85 × 99.7 × 8.89 cm (27 1/2 × 39 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Carstairs