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CAMILLE PISSARRO | Gardeuse d'oies au bord de l'Epte
Estimate
180,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description
- Camille Pissarro
- Gardeuse d'oies au bord de l'Epte
- Signed C. Pissarro. and dated 89 (lower left)
- Gouache and pencil on linen
- 10 1/8 by 12 3/8 in.
- 25.7 by 31.4 cm
- Executed in 1889.
Provenance
Kraushaar Gallery, New York
Joseph Winterbotham, Burlington, Vermont
Harriott Lee Winterbotham, Burlington, Vermont (by descent from the above and sold by the estate: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, October 15, 1969, lot 11)
Acquired at the above sale
Joseph Winterbotham, Burlington, Vermont
Harriott Lee Winterbotham, Burlington, Vermont (by descent from the above and sold by the estate: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, October 15, 1969, lot 11)
Acquired at the above sale
Literature
Ludovic Rodo Pissarro & Lionello Venturi, Camille Pissaro, Son art, son oeuvre, 1989, vol. I, Paris, 1939, no. 1435, catalogued p. 279; vol. II, no. 1435, illustrated pl. 279
Condition
Executed on linen mounted on card. The colors are bright and fresh and the medium is well-preserved. A few nailhead-sized spots of foxing along the left and top edges. There is a slight undulation to the medium. Under UV light: Some original pigments fluoresce but no inpainting is apparent.
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
Gardeuse d'oies au bord de l'Epte has been part of the Dillon Collection since 1969, when it was acquired from the sale of the estate of Harriott Lee Winterbotham. This sale marks the work's first appearance on the market in half a century.
Executed in 1889, Gardeuse d'oies au bord de l'Epte is a charming example of Pissarro's lifelong interest in capturing rural life and bucolic scenes. Pissarro's ability to render the serene sun-drenched atmosphere of the French countryside is well described by a contemporary critic, Gustave Geffroy in the forward to an exhibition catalogue the following year: "With this artist in love with living light, with the heavy heat of afternoon and whom the critics of yesterday sometimes treated as excessive and fanatical about it, there is delicacy which knows the charm of rustic life and which expresses it in a language of nuances" (quoted in Ralph E. Shikes & Paula Harper, Pissarro, His Life and Work, 1980, New York, p. 250).
This work will be included in the forthcoming Pissarro Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.
Executed in 1889, Gardeuse d'oies au bord de l'Epte is a charming example of Pissarro's lifelong interest in capturing rural life and bucolic scenes. Pissarro's ability to render the serene sun-drenched atmosphere of the French countryside is well described by a contemporary critic, Gustave Geffroy in the forward to an exhibition catalogue the following year: "With this artist in love with living light, with the heavy heat of afternoon and whom the critics of yesterday sometimes treated as excessive and fanatical about it, there is delicacy which knows the charm of rustic life and which expresses it in a language of nuances" (quoted in Ralph E. Shikes & Paula Harper, Pissarro, His Life and Work, 1980, New York, p. 250).
This work will be included in the forthcoming Pissarro Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.