Trees and Meadows at Eragny

1895/1900

Camille Pissarro

Associated Names
Camille Pissarro

Artist, French, born St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1830 - 1903

The drawing depicts an expansive landscape with softly rolling hills stretching into the distance. The horizon is high in the image, marked by a line of distant trees. Clusters of trees can be seen in the distance, beyond a cleared field. In the foreground, there are bare trees on the left and fuller foliage on the right, framing the center. The drawing uses subtle pencil strokes to suggest textures, with a monochromatic color palette of gray shades.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk on originally pale pink laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Helen Porter and James T. Dyke

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.8 x 47.5 cm (12 1/8 x 18 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.113.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jeanne Margueritte Pissarro Bonin; (sale, Drouot, 26 June 1931, no. 92). Private collection, Switzerland. (Jill Newhouse, New York); James Dyke; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 124.

2012

  • Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac. Musée des impressionnismes Giverny and National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, 2012, 91, 160, no. 49 (color). (French title: De Delacroix à Signac: Dessins de la collection Dyke.)

Inscriptions

lower left in black chalk: C.P.; upper right in graphite, upside down: 71

Watermarks

crest with initials

Wikidata ID

Q64537835

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