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Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Lot 111 PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR 

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)

Berger et moutons, Eragny

Closed7 May 2008

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Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Berger et moutons, Eragny
signed and dated 'C. Pissarro. 89' (lower left)
pastel and charcoal on paper
9¼ x 11 7/8 in. (23.5 x 30.3 cm.)
Drawn in Eragny, 1889

Lucien Pissarro, London.
Private collection, London (early 1940s).
By descent from the above to the present owner.

Specialist note

From 1889 to 1902, Pissarro produced several works depicting the theme of a shepherd herding his flock, including the present pastel, two gouaches, two fan decorations and one drawing. The present work is a direct study for the oil painting Paysage avec troupeau de moutons (J. Pissarro and C. Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, no. 873; fig. 1).

(fig. 1) Camille Pissarro, Paysage avec troupeau de moutons, 1889-1902. Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California.