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Known as the first woman Impressionist, Morisot was the only woman to exhibit in the first impressionist exhibition in 1874. She continued to exhibit in every subsequent impressionist exhibition with the exception of one.\r\n\r\nMainly a painter, Morisot was encouraged to try printmaking by her fellow Impressionists. As a result, Morisot created a suite of eight drypoint prints around 1878, which were never published in her lifetime. The prints held in the V&A’s collection were printed by art dealer Ambroise Vollard in 1921, 26 years after Morisot’s death, from plates which were likely never intended to be seen by the general public. Many of Morisot’s prints were made after her own paintings, for example ‘Nude from Back’ (CIRC.257-1959) which was made after her 1885 oil painting, or ‘Young Woman Resting’ (E.696-1959) which was made after an 1887 oil painting, a transfer drawing of which can be found in the collection of the Musee Marmottan.","physicalDescription":"Black and white drypoint showing a seated figure and a young girl looking at a drawing. 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A number of them served as preliminary studies for some of her best known paintings, Portrait de Julie Manet; Portrait de Jeune Fille; Berthe Morisot et Julie; les Canards, Bassin du Mesnil and Jardin de Mézy. The etchings were executed during 1887-88 at the urging of Mary Cassatt and Mallarme. At that time only a few proofs were pulled, virtually unobtainable today. The present set was printed later by Ambroise Vollard'. Wesley Johnston, who was up-dating Janine Bailly-Herzberg's 1979 catalogue of Berthe Morisot's drypoint print (Les Estampes de Berthe Morisot, Gazette de Beaux-Arts, May-June 1979, pp.216-227), sent the following e-mail on the 26 September 2006:-\r\n\r\n'Actually these were not preliminary studies for her paintings. Most of them are in fact copies of her prior works in other media. Also, Janine Bailly-Herzberg in her 1979 Gazette des Beaux-Arts article, particularly notes that the Manets (Eugène and his wife Berthe Morisot) did not go to Mézy until 1890 (thus after the plates were all made), so that the attribution of Mézy to that plate is erroneous. I have gone through the Angoulvent, Bataille and Wildenstein, and Clairet catalogues of her works and have identified the works that were the sources of thsoe drypoint plates that she copied from prior works.'","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"'Berthe Morisot drawing, with her daughter', drypoint by Berthe Morisot, printed and published by Ambroise Vollard, second state of two, France, first etched 1889, printed 1921","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"The Graphic Work of Berthe Morisot San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2010","id":"AUTH411782"},"details":"","free":""}],"production":"Second state of two","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Morisot, Berthe","id":"A30293"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"<b>Who was Berthe Morisot? (1841 –1895)\r\nBorn in France, made prints in France\r\nPrintmaking activity: 1878 –1895</b>\r\nBorn into an upper middle-class family, Berthe Morisot was a painter who enjoyed great success during her lifetime. Like Mary Cassatt – whose prints may have encouraged Morisot’s own printmaking – she became a key member of the Impressionist group. She turned to printmaking late in her career, and only shared her printed works with family and close friends. Her prints were not exhibited until 1907, twelve years after her death.\r\n\r\nJulie was Morisot’s beloved daughter and only child. She was also her model and is depicted throughout her early life and adolescence in many of Morisot’s prints and paintings. In this sensitive drypoint etching, Morisot’s direct gaze draws the viewer into an intimate domestic scene. Julie leans over her mother’s shoulder, glancing at her work. 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