Lot 11
  • 11

Camille Pissarro

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Camille Pissarro
  • Standing Peasant Woman
  • Stamped with the artist's initials C.P. (Lugt 613b) (lower right) 
  • Red and black chalk on paper
  • 18 by 11 1/2 in.
  • 45.7 by 29.2 cm
  • This work was most likely executed in the late 1890s or early 1900s according to Dr. Pissarro.

Provenance

Paul Emile Pissarro, Paris
Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, March 9, 1955, lot 20
Edith Schumann 1988 Trust
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, October 5, 1992, lot 15
Acquired at the above sale

Condition

Overall good condition. Faded blue paper. Three of the original deckled edges remain. Missing extreme top left corner. Paper tape across top edge affixes work to front mat. Recto: fresh and lively. Scattered light foxing, one obvious 4. in (10.1 cm) crease diagnoally sloping downwards from back of head. Handling creases. Verso: variegated paper tone.
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