Lot 257
  • 257

Camille Pissarro

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Camille Pissarro
  • La Mère de l'artiste au lit
  • Stamped with the initials C.P. (lower right)
  • Watercolor and black chalk on paper
  • 8 7/8 by 11 1/2 in.
  • 22.5 by 29.2 cm

Provenance

Ludovic-Rodophe Pissarro, Paris (the artist's son)
Sam Salz, New York (acquired from the above)
A gift from the above in 1952

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery, Visionaries and Dreamers, 1956, no. 36

Condition

Executed on cream colored laid paper. The sheet is affixed to a mat at upper corners of its verso. There are repaired tears at the top left edge and right edge three inches from top, and a minor loss to extreme lower right edge. Colors are bright and fresh. Overall the work is in good condition.
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