Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Lot 1062 Property from an Important Palm Beach Collection

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)

Etude de moissonneurs

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Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Etude de moissonneurs
stamped with initials 'C.P' (Lugt 613c; lower right)
charcoal on paper
9 1/8 x 12 ¼ in. (23.1 x 31 cm.)
Drawn in August 1881

Estate of the artist.
Acquired by the family of the present owner, circa 1950.

Specialist note

Dr. Joachim Pissarro will include this work in his forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro.

The present work is likely related to Pissarro’s important painting, La Moisson, 1882 (fig. 1). Pissarro made an unusually large number of preparatory drawings for this painting, which were likely executed during the harvest of August 1881. The rapid strokes and strong, fluid lines imbue the three harvesters with a definite sense of movement.

fig. 1. Camille Pissarro, La Moisson, 1882. The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo.