The Long Landscape (Paysage en long)

1879, printed posthumously

Camille Pissarro

Associated Names
Camille Pissarro

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

The image shows a perspective from within a cluster of trees. Multiple tree trunks and branches frame the scene with the horizon higher up in the composition, revealing a line of trees and potentially the top of a hill. The art technique resembles an etching with textured lines and a mix of dense and lighter brushwork for depth and contrast. The color palette is mainly sepia tones, giving a vintage look. Dark silhouettes of trees are prominent in the foreground, while distant hills and trees fade into lighter shades, creating depth in the landscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on laid paper [posthumous impression]

  • Credit Line

    Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.5 x 39.4 cm (4 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 27.4 x 45.3 cm (10 13/16 x 17 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1970.10.14

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 17, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Inscriptions

recto: below image at right in graphite in later hand: 13/18; at bottom center in graphite in later hand: D. 17 Paysage en long; verso: at upper left in graphite in later hand: 9

Markings

recto: below image at left: C. P. [Camille Pissarro, Lugt 613e]; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

shield surmounted by crown with a crescent moon on top

Wikidata ID

Q65507922

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