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Camille Pissarro
Camille Pissarro
French, 1830 - 1903
Le Pré avec Cheval Gris, Eragny, 1893
Oil on canvas
21¼ x 25½ inches / 54 x 65 cm
Signed and dated lower right: C. Pissarro 93
"Blessed are they who see beautiful things in
humble places where other people see nothing."
An exceptional example of Pissarro’s
later work, this painting demonstrates
the sophisticated techniques which
characterise the working methods
of the Impressionists. Pissarro here
exploits the oil paint medium,
through his use of a thick impasto in
the foreground, to portray a carpet
of flowers. His visible brushstrokes
ripple towards the background of the
picture to evoke the movement of
windblown grasses in a meadow.
Provenance
Durand-Ruel, Paris 16 December 1893 (acquired from the artist)
Cronier, 2 January 1924 (acquired from the above)
Anon. sale, Drouot, Collection de Monsieur Cronier, Paris, 30 June
1937, no. 90
Abraham Vechsler, New York, circa 1958
Galerie Odermatt-Cazeau, Paris, circa 1987
Sold by Galerie Odermatt-Cazeau in Japan, circa 1987
Private collection, New York
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Camille Pissarro-Tableaux, Aquarelles, Pastels,
Gouaches, 3-21 March 1894
New York, University House, Art is Forever: Sixth Annual Art sale and
London Collectors’ Exhibition, 3-14 May 1959
Paris, Galerie H. Odermatt-Cazeau, Maîtres des XIX and XX Siècles,
29 April-30 June 1987
Literature
Ludovic Rodo Pissarro and Lionello Venturi, Camille Pissarro, Son art-Son
Oeuvre, Paris, 1939, Vol. I, no. 849, p. 199, illustrated vol. II, pl. 173
Janine Bailly-Herzberg, Correspondance de Camille Pissarro, vol. III,
Paris, 2003, no. 971, p. 410, no. 7
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Joachim Pissarro and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Pissarro, Critical
Catalogue of Paintings, Paris, Wildenstein Institute, 2005, no. 1001, vol. III,
p. 649, illustrated plate 1001