Editing Berthe Morisot (section)

==Art market==
[[File:Berthe Morisot - After Lunch, 1881.jpg|thumb|''After Lunch'', 1881|250px]]
Morisot's work sold comparatively well. She achieved the two highest prices at a [[Hôtel Drouot]] auction in 1875, the ''Interior (Young Woman with Mirror)'' sold for 480 francs, and her pastel ''On the Lawn'' sold for 320 francs.<ref>{{cite book|title=Women, Art, and Society|last1=Chadwick|first1=Whitney|date=2012|publisher=Thames & Hudson Ltd.|isbn=978-0-500-20405-4|edition=5th|location=London|page=235}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Berthe Morisot|last1=Higonnet|first1=Anne|date=1990|publisher=Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.|isbn=0-06-016232-5|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/berthemorisot00higo/page/124 124]|url=https://archive.org/details/berthemorisot00higo/page/124}}</ref> Her works averaged 250 francs, the best relative prices at the auction.<ref>{{cite book|title=Berthe Morisot: The First Lady of Impressionism|last1=Shennan|first1=Margaret|date=1996|publisher=Sutton Publishing Limited|isbn=0-7509-1226 X|location=Stroud|page=[https://archive.org/details/berthemorisot00marg/page/173 173]|url=https://archive.org/details/berthemorisot00marg/page/173}}</ref>

In February 2013, Morisot became the highest priced female artist, when ''After Lunch'' (1881), a portrait of a young redhead in a straw hat and purple dress, sold for $10.9&nbsp;million at a [[Christie's]] auction. The painting achieved roughly three times its upper estimate,<ref name="Wall Street Journal">Kelly Crow and Mary M. Lane (6 February 2013), [https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323452204578288883038627820 Christie's Breaks World Record Price for Female Artist] ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''.</ref><ref name="Women on the Verge">Ellen Gamerman and Mary M. Lane (18 April 2013), [https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324030704578424673474011066?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424127887324030704578424673474011066.html Women on the Verge] ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''.</ref><ref>Katya Kazakina (14 May 2014), [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-14/francis-bacon-portrait-of-companion-fetches-80-8-million.html Billionaires Help Christie's to Record $745 Million Sale] ''[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]''.</ref> and it exceeded the 2012 record of $10.7&nbsp;million for a sculpture by [[Louise Bourgeois]].<ref name="Wall Street Journal" />