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This standout painting by Berthe Morisot is one of the lead...
TU-ChristiesThis standout painting by Berthe Morisot is one of the lead works in our Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on 28 February #Christies20thCentury
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Morisot defiantly pursued a career as an artist in the latter half of the 19th century in an art world dominated by men, painting the world around her with constant innovation. She was a founding member of the Impressionist group, and exhibited with them in all but one of the group exhibitions between 1874 and 1886.
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Berthe Morisot, Femme et enfant au balcon, 1872. Estimate: £1,500,000-2,000,000.
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The work comes from the personal collection of Barbara Lambrecht and is sold to benefit the Rubens Prize Collection held in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Siegen.
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