Bergères

Details

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Bergères
stamped with initials 'C.P.' (Lugt 613a; lower right)
gouache, watercolor and black Conté crayon on paper
20 1/8 x 13 3/8 in. (51 x 34 cm.)
Executed circa 1887

Provenance

Estate of the artist.
Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Pissarro, London (by descent from the above).
John Rewald, New York (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, April 1948.

Literature

L.R. Pissarro and L. Venturi, Camille Pissarro, son art—son oeuvre, Paris, 1939, vol. I, p. 277, no. 1419 (illustrated, vol. II, pl. 276).

Exhibited

San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 19th Century French Drawings, March-April 1947, p. 52, no. 82.

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Lot Essay

This work will be included in the forthcoming Camille Pissarro catalogue critique of pastels and gouaches, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute.

Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts has confirmed that in her opinion the work is authentic.

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