Nude from Back
Artist
Berthe Morisot
French, 1841 - 1895
Date1889
MediumDrypoint
DimensionsOverall: 12 3/4 × 9 7/8 in. (32.4 × 25.1 cm)
Matboard: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Matboard: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineThe Sparling Family Collection
Object number2025.1.57
On View
On viewMarkingsOn front at middle of bottom edge in pencil: "43-114 R"
DescriptionBlack line print of a nude woman. In a nondescript, empty environment, a woman sits with her back to the viewer. Fabric is loosely wrapped around her waist, and dips to expose her whole back. The woman turns to look at the viewer over her proper left shoulder. She stares out with a blank expression on her face. Her hair is pinned up and tucked underneath the cap she wears. Her proper left arm extends down to rest on the top of her leg while her right arm crosses in front of her body and her right hand touches her upper left arm. Next to where her right hand touches her left arm, the side of her left breast can be seen. At the center of the upper and lower borders of the print, black dots mark the middle.Exhibition History"French Prints from the Tobin Sparling Collection," The Hyde Collection, Hoopes Gallery, Feb. 14-July 26, 2026.ProvenanceFerdinand Roten Galleries, Baltimore, Maryland. New England Art Exchange, Keene, New Hampshire; purchased by Tobin Sparling, Little Rock, Arkansas, August 30, 2013; given to The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, 2025.
