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Lucien Pissarro
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description
- Lucien Pissarro
- April Shower, Chipperfield
- signed with monogram and dated 1914
- oil on canvas
- 53.5 by 65cm.; 21 by 25½in.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by Walter Taylor
Mrs W.A.W. Kidd
Sale, Christie's, London, 10th March 1961, lot 169
Private collection
The Mayor Gallery, London
Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco, where acquired by the present owner in 1968
Mrs W.A.W. Kidd
Sale, Christie's, London, 10th March 1961, lot 169
Private collection
The Mayor Gallery, London
Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco, where acquired by the present owner in 1968
Literature
Anne Thorold, A Catalogue of the Paintings of Lucien Pissarro, Athelney Books, London, 1983, cat. no.179, illustrated p.105.
Condition
The canvas is in good original condition.
The paint surface is in good overall condition.
There is no sign of retouching under ultra-violet light.
Held in a gilded composition frame.
Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Lucien wrote to Esther Pissarro on 12th May 1914 about the showery weather portrayed in the present work:
'My work is progressing very slowly and I don't think that in this second fortnight I will have more than a rainy effect done... but when I think of it it does not matter very much, as in the state they are in I can turn them in to anything according to the general bend of the weather - but of course I ought to finish them before the end of May or I shan't have anything to show at Carfax!' (Pissarro Family Archive, The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, quoted in Thorold, op.cit., p.104).
'My work is progressing very slowly and I don't think that in this second fortnight I will have more than a rainy effect done... but when I think of it it does not matter very much, as in the state they are in I can turn them in to anything according to the general bend of the weather - but of course I ought to finish them before the end of May or I shan't have anything to show at Carfax!' (Pissarro Family Archive, The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, quoted in Thorold, op.cit., p.104).