Peasants in a Field of Beans (Paysannes dans un champ de haricots)

1891

Camille Pissarro

Associated Names
Camille Pissarro

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

This is a drawing of two figures in a field bending over. The figures are shown in a crouched posture, seemingly picking or gathering something from the ground. The background features a flat agricultural landscape with a distant horizon line and rises of land that could represent haystacks or hills. The shading and hatched lines create depth and suggest the folds of the figures' clothing. The texture appears rough, conveying a sense of the earthy surface they are interacting with. The composition focuses on labor in a rural setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint (zinc)

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1972.68.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 103, State undesc


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.

Wikidata ID

Q65566336

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