Lucien Pissarro

Hampstead Art Gallery, London, where acquired by Margaret Pilkington in 1920
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner in 1974

London, Royal Watercolour Society Galleries, New English Arts Club, 61st Exhibition, January 1920, cat. no.15;
London, Hampstead Art Gallery, Retrospective Exhibition Paintings and Drawings by Lucien Pissarro, 20th October - 15th November 1920, cat. no.41;
Birkenhead, Williamson Art Gallery, Art Exhibitions Bureau Travelling Exhibition of Oils, Watercolours and Drawings by Lucien Pissarro, 1935, cat. no.37, with tour to Belfast, Gateshead, Rochdale and Manchester;
London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Lucien Pissarro 1863-1944, 15th July - 20th August 1983, cat. no.28. 

Anne Thorold, A Catalogue of the Oil Paintings of Lucien Pissarro, Athelney Books, London, 1983, cat. no.302, illustrated p.145.

Not examined out of the frame. Original canvas.The canvas undulates very slightly in places, but otherwise appears sound. There is one tiny possible line of craquelure in the upper left quadrant in the sky. There are some minor spots of surface dirt and matter to the work. Subject to the above, the work appears to be in excellent overall condition, with a rich impasto surface and bright, fresh pigments throughout. Ultraviolet light reveals no obvious signs of fluorescence or retouching. The work is presented in a gilded and moulded frame with a fabric-covered slip, held under glass. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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We are grateful to Colin Harrison for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.