A Bather

1894

Camille Pissarro

Associated Names
Camille Pissarro

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

The image shows a female figure standing near a body of water. The horizon is in the upper third of the image, where the water meets dense vegetation. The technique involves soft brushstrokes that create a smudged effect. The color palette is monochromatic in black and white, creating a contrast between light and shadow. Dense foliage frames the scene, and lighter areas lead the eye towards the water. The background features blurred vegetation, adding depth to the landscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    monotype on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.8 x 17.8 cm (5 1/16 x 7 in.)
    sheet: 15.6 x 20.2 cm (6 1/8 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1977.70.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Shapiro/Melot 1975, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. George Viau [1855-1939], Paris; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 26 February 1943, no. 52). (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 5 December 1973, no. 30). Philip Hofer [1898-1984], Cambridge, MA; purchased by Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C., 1977; gift to NGA, 1977.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 1983.

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1986.

2018

  • Innovative Impressions: Prints by Cassatt, Degas, and Pissarro, The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, 2018, no. 81, repro.

Bibliography

1975

  • Shapiro, Barbara and Michel Melot. "Les Monotypes de Camille Pissaro." Nouvelles de L'Estampe 19 (Jan - Feb 1975): 16-23.

Inscriptions

recto: in image, at lower left, in black ink: C. Pissarro 94; below image, at right, in graphite in later hand: 311 x 29 1/2 [erased]; recto: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65566361

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