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Source Description
This watercolor depicts Euphrasie, or Pasie, the nanny for Berthe Morisot’s young daughter Julie. Pasie appears in the artist’s apartment, sewing before a window during a contemplative moment. As with many of Morisot’s works in the medium, she used this example to develop the composition of a future painting into which she added Julie and more tightly cropped the scene. Watercolor was a constant interest for Morisot, and she practiced it from around 1870 throughout the rest of her career, creating both finished and preparatory works.
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Document identity
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703436
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Sewing near the Window
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drawing
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703436
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drawing
title
Sewing near the Window
description
This watercolor depicts Euphrasie, or Pasie, the nanny for Berthe Morisot’s young daughter Julie. Pasie appears in the artist’s apartment, sewing before a window during a contemplative moment. As with many of Morisot’s works in the medium, she used this example to develop the composition of a future painting into which she added Julie and more tightly cropped the scene. Watercolor was a constant interest for Morisot, and she practiced it from around 1870 throughout the rest of her career, creating both finished and preparatory works.
date
about 1885
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
creators
1865
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 28.6 x 22.9 cm (11 1/4 x 9 in.)
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France
accession
2025.209
Source extras
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watercolor and graphite on paper
tombstone
Sewing near the Window, about 1885. Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895). Watercolor and graphite on paper; sheet: 28.6 x 22.9 cm (11 1/4 x 9 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Sundry Art - Miscellaneous Fund, 2025.209
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
At lower right, in purple ink: stamped signature [Lugt 1826]; inscribed on verso, top center, in pencil: Portrait de la bonne de Mme Rouart (E[rnest] / Pasie (Euphrasie) / execute vers 1885 / congédiée vers 1885 / cousant au rez de chausée devant / bow window dominant sur jardin / toit des écuries sur la droite
didYouKnow
Edgar Degas admired Berthe Morisot’s watercolors, and seeing an example inspired him to invite her to participate in the Impressionists’ first group exhibition.
citations
citation
Bataille, M.-L. and G. Wildenstein. <em>Berthe Morisot</em>: <em>Catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles</em>. Paris: Les Beaux-Arts, 1961.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 67, no. 729; Reproduced: fig. 718.
citation
<em>Paintings, Drawings and Graphic Works by Manet, Degas, Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt</em>. Exh. Cat. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1962.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 58, no. 86.
citation
<em>The Leo M. Rogers Collection</em>. London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1972.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 13, no. 108. Reproduced: pl. 108.
catalogueRaisonne
Bataille and Wildenstein 729
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Sundry Art - Miscellaneous Fund
galleryDonorText
The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Gallery
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2026-05-29 09:18:47.073000
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703436
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Drawings
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DR - French
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watercolor and graphite on paper
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female
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