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Berthe Morisot in Silhouette

Edouard Manet, 1872–74, printed 1884

Berthe Morisot in Silhouette by Edouard Manet
Berthe Morisot in Silhouette by Edouard Manet, 14 cm × 19 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

14 cm × 19 cm

About the size of your phone. You would need 9 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 19 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
19 cm
Width
14 cm
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
Kind
Print
Made in
France
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
Image/plate: 18.6 × 13.2 cm (7 3/8 × 5 1/4 in.)
Why this differs from the record
Recorded as 13 cm × 19 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit
Gift of the Print and Drawing Club

Ask this work

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
14 cm × 19 cm. About the size of your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1872–74, printed 1884. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Gift of the Print and Drawing Club.
How was it made?
Lithograph in black on ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé), made in France.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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