a) The Cabbage Field (Le Champ de choux); b) The Cabbage Field (Le Champ de choux)

c. 1880

Camille Pissarro

Associated Names
Camille Pissarro

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

The drawing depicts a field with cabbages in the foreground, leading towards leafless trees against a boundary wall in the distance. A structure, potentially a house with a chimney, is visible beyond the wall. Quick, sketchy lines convey details in a spontaneous manner. The color palette is limited to neutral tones, and the paper's texture adds a warm, earthy hue. Pencil marks create varying shades of gray for depth and texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    a) graphite on wove paper; b) softground on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 25 x 17 cm (9 13/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1963.11.174.a-b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

C. P. [Camille Pissarro, Lugt 613e]. Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1963.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1971

  • An Impressionist View on Paper - from the Lessing Rosenwald Collection of the National Gallery, Washington, D.C, Art Gallery at the University of Notre Dame, 1971, no. 35b.

1973

  • Camille Pissarro: The Impressionist Printmaker, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1973, no. 24, fig. 18.

Bibliography

1973

  • Shapiro, Barbara Stern. Camille Pissarro; the impressionist printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1973: 18.

Inscriptions

recto: none; verso: none

Markings

recto: at lower right black-stamped: C. P. [Camille Pissarro, Lugt 613e]; verso: none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64537823

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