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Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Lot 1064 Property from a Private New York Collection

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)

Buste de femme de profil à droite

Closed13 May 2016

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Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Buste de femme de profil à droite
stamped with initials 'C.P' (Lugt 613c; lower center)
pastel on gray paper
16 1/8 x 12 in. (41 x 30.5 cm.)
Drawn circa 1888

Estate of the artist.
Jeanne Bonin-Pissarro, France (by descent from the above).
A. Bonin, Paris; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 26 June 1931, lot 33.
Villedieu collection, France (acquired at the above sale).
Galerie Hopkins-Thomas-Custot, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, May 2000.

Specialist note

This work will be included in the forthcoming Camille Pissarro catalogue critique of pastels and gouaches, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute.
Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts has confirmed that in her opinion this work is authentic.
This drawing is a study for the standing female figure in Gelée blanche, jeune paysanne faisant du feu in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.