Berthe
James Tissot French
Not on view
This print is among the first few that Tissot made after he returned to Paris from London in late 1882 based on pastel portraits and heads of modern Parisian woman, a major theme he also explicitly addressed with a series of paintings titled "La Femme à Paris." Berthe may also have posed for "Sunday Morning" (60.621.5), presumed to be after a now-lost pastel. In this print, Tissot remained very loyal to his original pastel, now in the collection of the Petit Palais, Paris. Both show a highly finished approach to the head, hand, and upper body and a looser, sketchier lower part of the composition.
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