Lot 506
  • 506

Camille Pissarro

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Camille Pissarro
  • Paysage avec troupeau de moutons et meules
  • signed C Pissarro (lower right)
  • oil on panel
  • 9.9 by 18.5cm., 3 7/8 by 7 1/4 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, France (acquired in 1938)
Private Collection (by descent from the above; sale: Sotheby's, London, 24th June 2003, lot 106)
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, no. 75, illustrated in colour p. 80

Condition

The panel is sound. UV light examination reveals some scattered pinhead-sized spots of retouching, mostly to the sky and the upper part of the landscape, the most important of which are located in the centre of the right edge and in the upper left corner. Overall this work is in fairly good condition. Colours: The colours are slightly more contrasted and warmer in the original.
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