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Camille Pissarro
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Camille Pissarro
- Étude pour Vachère au bord de l'eau
- Stamped with the initials C.P. (Lugt 613e, lower left), inscribed with the number 30X38 (lower right in the margin)
- Pencil on paper
- 10 1/2 by 7 3/4 in.
- 26.7 by 19.9 cm
- Executed circa 1890.
Provenance
Stern Gallery, Tel Aviv and London
Private collection (acquired from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Private collection (acquired from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited
Tel Aviv, Stern Gallery, Pissarro: The Four Generations, 1994, no. 9
Condition
The medium is pencil on paper. The work is in fairly good overall condition. The sheet is hinged to the mat backing at two points along the top edge, verso. There is some small old tape residue at the center of the top edge, verso, and along the better portion of the right edge, recto as well as in the extreme upper right corner verso. There are some small handling creases throughout. There are tiny pinholes in three corners. There is a hard crease in the extreme lower right corner and another in the upper left corner. There are a few tiny repaired tears in the upper left corner, and one towards the center of top edge, extending 2mm vertically down. There are some foxmarks, and a rectangle formed from mat stain from a previous mat, the right edge about an inch from the true right edge of the sheet, the bottom about 1/4 in. from the true bottom edge. In the upper right corner there is a brown spot of discoloration and the paper is raised, there is an associate pin-prick loss. The sheet is gently light stained and the work presents well.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
This work is a preparatory sketch for an 1890 etching, Vachère au bord de l'eau (see Loys Delteil, Camille Pissarro: L'oeuvre gravé et lithographié, catalogue raisonné, San Francisco, 1999, no. 93), an example of which is in the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Strasbourg.