Peasant Girl with a Straw Hat, 1881

Inscription

lower right: C. Pissarro 81

Provenance

From the artist 25 August 1891 to (Durand-Ruel, Paris); Mme. Aude, Paris, a member of the Durand-Ruel family; another member of the Durand-Ruel family, Mme R. de Brecey, Paris; (Durand-Ruel, New York and Paris); by whom sold 2 March 1963 to (Sam Salz, Inc., New York);[1] by whom sold 20 September 1963 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1882

7me Exposition des Artistes Independants [Seventh Impressionist Exhibition], Paris, 1882, no. 118

1883

Paintings, Drawings and Pastels by Members of "La Société des Impressionistes", Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell's, London, 1883, no. 24

1904

Camille Pissarro, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1904, no. 67

1928

Camille Pissarro, Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1928, no. 35

1956

Exposition Camille Pissarro, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1956, no. 43, repro. frontispiece

1957

Camille Pissarro, 1830-1903, Kunstmuseum, Berne, 1957, no. 58, repro

1966

French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 29, repro

1966

Impressionist Treasures from Private Collections in New York, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1966, no. 25, repro.

1980

Fifty Years of French Painting: The Emergence of Modern Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 1980, no. 8, repro.

1980

Pissarro, Hayward Gallery, London; Grand Palais, Paris; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1980-1981, no. 54, repro.

1986

The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886, National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1986, no. 128, repro.

1989

Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1990

Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 41, repro.

1992

From El Greco to Cézanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metroplitan Museum of Art, New York, National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1992-1993, no. 52, repro.

1999

Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.

1999

Camille Pissarro, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 1999-2000, no. 40.

1999

Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 45, repro.

2004

Seurat and the Making of the Grande Jatte, Art Institute of Chicago, 2004, no. 101

2011

Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 2011, no. 37, repro.

2014

Camille Pissarro - Der Vater des Impressionismus, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, 2014-2015, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2017

Pissarro: Le premier des impressionnistes = The First among the Impressionists, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, 2017.

Bibliography

1939

Pissarro, Ludovic and Lionello Venturi. Camille Pissarro, son art, son oeuvre. 2 vols. Paris, 1939: 1:158, no. 548, as Jeune Paysanne au Chapeau de Paille; 2:pl. 113.

1975

European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 270, repro.

1981

Lloyd, Christopher. Camille Pissarro. New York, 1981:96, repro.

1984

Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 508, no. 757, color repro.

1985

European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 314, repro.

2004

Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 387, no. 320, color repro.

2005

Pissarro, Joachim and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Pissarro: Critical Catalogue of the Paintings, 3 vols., Milan, Paris and New York, 2005: II:661, repro.

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