Factory on the Oise at Pontoise

1873

Camille Pissarro

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

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on wove paper mounted on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 17.7 × 25.1 cm (6 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
    mount: 19.3 × 26.9 cm (7 5/8 × 10 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.64.109

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Carl Pissarro; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 July 1969, no. 214); purchased by (Hector Brame, Paris) for Paul Mellon [1907-1999]; gift 1985 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • Pissarro, Hayward Gallery, London; Grand Palais, Paris; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1980-1981, no. 100, repro.

2007

  • Pissarro: Creating the Impressionist Landscape, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, 2007 - 2008, no. 38.

2011

  • Impressionism: Pastels, Watercolors, Drawings, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee; Albertina, Vienna, 2011-2012, plate 69.

Bibliography

1980

  • Pissarro 1980, 107.

1991

  • Wadley, Nicholas. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Drawing. London, 1991: no. 43b.

Inscriptions

recto: lower right in graphite: C.P. Pontoise; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64537829

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