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Camille Pissarro
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Camille Pissarro
- Etude pour 'Paysanne ramassant de l'herbe'
- signed C.P. (lower right)
- charcoal on paper laid down on board
- 66 by 48.5cm., 26 by 19⅛in.
Provenance
Sam Salz, New York
Kathryn Neumark, New York (sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 18th May 1978, lot 104)
Sale: Christie's, New York, 9th November 1999, lot 405
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Kathryn Neumark, New York (sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 18th May 1978, lot 104)
Sale: Christie's, New York, 9th November 1999, lot 405
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Joachim Pissarro & Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Pissarro, Catalogue critique des peintures, Paris, 2005, vol. II, illustrated p. 438 (erroneously catalogued as belonging to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)
Condition
Executed on light blueish-grey wove paper, the sheet is fully laid down to the board. There are six artist pinholes visible along the left and top edges of sheet. The top and right edges are unevenly cut. The sheet is slightly time stained and mount stained. Otherwise the work is in good condition.
"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
The present work is a study for the painting Paysanne ramassant de l'herbe of 1881 (see Joachim Pissarro & Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, op. cit., 2005, vol. II, no. 657)