Il porto di Lorient

Provenienza:

• Dono dell’artista a Edouard Manet, 1869.
• Gabriel Thomas [1854-1932], Parigi, dal 1896; in eredità a sua moglie, posseduto almeno fino al 1941.
• Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Parigi, dal 1952; venduto ad Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York, il 15 agosto 1955; lascito alla NGA, 1970.

Mostre:

• Première Exposition, Société Anonyme des Artistes Peintres, Sculptuers, Graveurs, etc. [First Impressionist Exhibition], Parigi, 1874, no. 105, titolato Marine.
• La libre esthétique, Brussels, 1894, probabilmente no. 323, titolato Marine.
• Berthe Morisot, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Parigi, 1896, no. 149.
• Cent oeuvres de Berthe Morisot, Bernheim-Jeune et Cie, Parigi, 1919, no. 4.
• Exhibition of Paintings: Edouard Manet, Pierre Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1924, no. 2.
• Exposition de l'oeuvres de Berthe Morisot, Bernheim-Jeune et Cie, Parigi, 1929, no. 68.
• Exhibition of French Art 1200-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, Londra, 1932, no. 262
• L'Impressionisme, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1935, no. 53.
• Exhibition of Masters of French 19th Century Painting, Anglo French Art and Travel Society, New Burlington Galleries, Londra, 1936, no. 40.
• Exposition 'Le grand siècle', Paul Rosenberg, Parigi, 1936, no. 40.
• Chefs d'oeuvres de l'art français, Palais National des Arts, Parigi, 1937, no. 381.
• Honderd Jaar Fransche Kunst, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1938, no. 184, illustrato.
• French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, lista delle opere non numerata.
• Masterpieces of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959, catalogo non numerato, illustrato.
• French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 33, illustrato.
• French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. e Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 95, illustrato, titolato The harbor at Lorient with the artist's sister Edma.
• The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1986, no. 11, illustrato.
• Berthe Morisot, Impressionist. National Gallery of Art; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth; Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA, 1987-1988.
• Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice, and Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, catalogo non numerato, illustrato.
• Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Monaco di Baviera, 1990, no. 52, illustrato.
• Origins of Impressionism, Galeries nationales d'Exposition du Grand Palais, Parigi; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1994-1995, no. 153, fig. 328, illustrato (in mostra soltanto a Parigi).
• Parigi in 1874: The Year of Impressionism, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 1994, no. 34, illustrato, titolato Marine.
• Landscapes of France: Impressionism and its rivals, Hayward Gallery, London; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1995-1996, no. 61, illustrato.
• The Birth of Impressionism: From Constable to Monet, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, 1997, catalogo non numerato, illustrato.
• Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, senza catalogo.
• Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 28, illustrato.
• Manet and the Sea, Art Institute of Chicago; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2003-2004, catalogo non numerato, tav. 108 (in mostra soltanto a Chicago e Philadelphia).
• Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 2011, no. 34, illustrato.
• Un été au bord de l'eau: Loisirs et impressionnisme, Muée des Beaux-Arts, Caen, 2012-2013, no. 25 (in catalogo), no. 24 (nella lista delle opere e alla fine del catalogo), illustrato.
• Impressionist France: Visions of Nation from Le Gray to Monet, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 2013 - 2014, no. 116.
• Monet and the Birth of Impressionism, Städel Museum, Francoforte, 2015, no. 33, illustrato.

Bibliografia:

• Bataille, M.L, and Georges Wildenstein. Berthe Morisot, catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles. Parigi, 1961: no.17.
• Comstock, Helen. "The Connoisseur in America: An Intimate View of French Masters." The Connoisseur 148, no. 598 (dicembre 1961): fig. 338.
• Goldwater, Robert. "The Glory that was France." Art News 65 (marzo 1966): 86, fig. 44.
• Young, Mahonri Sharp. "The Mellon Collections: The Great Years of French Painting." Apollo 83 (giugno 1966): 431, illustrato.
• European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 248, illustrato.
• Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Catalogo della mostra National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, 1978: 38, illustrato.
• Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 459, no. 664, illustrato a colori.
• European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 287, illustrato.
• House, John. Impressionist Masterpieces, National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1985:74, illustrato.
• Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Catalogo della mostra Neue Pinakothek, Monaco di Baviera, 1990: no. 52, illustrato.
• Coman, Florence E. Joie de Vivre: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1991: no. 19, illustrato.
• Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A donato alla the Nation. New York, 1991: 261, illustrato a colori.
• Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism, 1997, no. 132, illustrato.
• Wilkins, David G. and Bernard Schultz and Katheryn M. Linduff. Art Past-Art Present, New York, 1997, no. 9-62, illustrato.
• Pitman, Dianne W. Bazille: Purity, Pose, and Painting in the 1860s. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998: 136-137, fig. 86.