Baigneuses

Details

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Baigneuses
stamped with initials 'C.P.' (Lugt 613e; lower right)
gouache and watercolor on paper
11 ½ x 9 in. (29.2 x 22.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1896

Provenance

Dru collection, Paris.
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 31 January 1931, lot 38.
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 28 June 1935, lot 37.
Galerie Urban, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, December 1964.

Literature

L.R. Pissarro and L. Venturi, Camille Pissarro, Son art--son oeuvre, Paris, 1939, vol. I, p. 285, no. 1482 (illustrated, vol. II, pl. 286).

Exhibited

Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie des Tuileries, Centenaire de la naissance de Camille Pissarro, February-March 1930, no. 13.

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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 this work is authentic.

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