PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903)
La Charité
Details
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903)
La Charité
signed and dated 'C. Pissarro. 1876' (lower right)
oil on canvas
22 ¼ x 18 1/8 in. (56.3 x 46 cm.)
Painted in 1876
La Charité
signed and dated 'C. Pissarro. 1876' (lower right)
oil on canvas
22 ¼ x 18 1/8 in. (56.3 x 46 cm.)
Painted in 1876
Provenance
Dr. George Viau, Paris; sale, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris, 21-22 March 1907, lot 62.
Gustave Cahen, Paris (acquired at the above sale).
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.
Anon. sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 19 January 1955, lot 94.
D. Kerschenbaum collection.
M. Borowitz collection.
Private collection, Illinois (by descent from the above); sale, Park-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 26 April 1961, lot 49.
Arthur and Kathryn Murray, New York (acquired at the above sale); sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 11 December 1963, lot 54.
H. Benedek collection.
Private collection, Caracas; sale, Christie's, New York, 15 November 1983, lot 44.
Robert Holmes à Court, Perth, Australia (acquired at the above sale, until at least 1991).
The Lefevre Gallery (Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd.), London.
Private collection, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2009.
Gustave Cahen, Paris (acquired at the above sale).
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.
Anon. sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 19 January 1955, lot 94.
D. Kerschenbaum collection.
M. Borowitz collection.
Private collection, Illinois (by descent from the above); sale, Park-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 26 April 1961, lot 49.
Arthur and Kathryn Murray, New York (acquired at the above sale); sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 11 December 1963, lot 54.
H. Benedek collection.
Private collection, Caracas; sale, Christie's, New York, 15 November 1983, lot 44.
Robert Holmes à Court, Perth, Australia (acquired at the above sale, until at least 1991).
The Lefevre Gallery (Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd.), London.
Private collection, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2009.
Literature
L.-R. Pissarro and L. Venturi, Camille Pissarro: Son art—son oeuvre, San Francisco, 1989, vol. I, p. 133, no. 375.
J. Pissarro and C. Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Pissarro: Catalogue critique des peintures, Paris, 2005, vol. II, p. 341, no. 479 (illustrated in color).
J. Pissarro and C. Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Pissarro: Catalogue critique des peintures, Paris, 2005, vol. II, p. 341, no. 479 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Sydney, S.H. Ervin Gallery and Perth, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Images of Women: European and Australian Paintings, January-February 1991, no. 1.
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art; Osaka, Daimaru Museum; Fukuoka, Mitsukoshi Gallery; Mie Prefectural Art Museum and Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, Camille Pissarro and the Pissarro Family, March-August 1998, p. 160, no. 26 (illustrated in color, p. 56).
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art; Osaka, Daimaru Museum; Fukuoka, Mitsukoshi Gallery; Mie Prefectural Art Museum and Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, Camille Pissarro and the Pissarro Family, March-August 1998, p. 160, no. 26 (illustrated in color, p. 56).
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