Lot 435
  • 435

Camille Pissarro

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Camille Pissarro
  • Le Labourage, Bérelles
  • Signed C. Pissarro (lower left)
  • Oil on panel
  • 6 3/4 by 9 3/4 in.
  • 17.1 by 24.7 cm

Provenance

Dr. Ladevie, Gisors
Dr. Lukas Lichtenstein, Basel
The Redfern Gallery, London (acquired by 1957)
George & Thelma Bauerdorf, Los Angeles (acquired from the above on August 23, 1957)
Leslie Rankow Fine Arts, New York
Acquired from the above

Exhibited

London, The Redfern Gallery, French and English Paintings, 1957, no. 101

Literature

Joachim Pissarro & Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Pissarro, Catalogue critique des peintures, vol. II, Paris, 2005, no. 46, illustrated in color p. 64

Condition

Oil on panel. There is minor frame abrasion around the periphery. The impasto is lively and strong. When examined under UV light there are a couple of single strokes of retouching to the center of the sky. The work is in otherwise excellent condition.
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