The Artist's Son Georges [verso]

c. 1880

Camille Pissarro

Associated Names
Camille Pissarro

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

The image depicts the upper body of a child facing forward, positioned slightly to the left. The child's facial features are delicately drawn with a slightly somber expression. They have large blue eyes, a rosy complexion, and straight, shoulder-length brown hair. The child is wearing light pastel-colored clothing and a scarf or cloak around the neck. The background is undefined, with a vague sketch of an object on the left side and the rest filled with muted colors, highlighting the child.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    transparent and opaque watercolor and graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    The Armand Hammer Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 23.9 x 31.7 cm (9 7/16 x 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.217.21.b

Associated Artworks

The image shows a group of five people. Two individuals are seated or crouched on the ground. One person is wearing a hat with colorful stripes and a light short-sleeved shirt, and the other is wearing a headscarf and a purple garment. The standing person in the center wears a blue dress with a lighter blue apron and has a red scarf tied around the head. To the right is an outline sketch of a person. Faces are not detailed, with minimal depiction of facial features. The background shows a faintly sketched person in a bent over position. The setting appears to be outdoors, perhaps a field or garden. No visible jewelry or objects are being held apart from the foliage in the hands of the central figure.

Pea Harvesters [recto]

Camille Pissarro

1880

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York; Mrs. Henry Gerstle, New York (sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., May 15, 1969, no. 40A); Armand Hammer Collection, 1969; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1969

  • Exhibited with the Armand Hammer collection from 1969, beginning with Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis; except Oklahoma Art Center, Okl. City, 1971, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, 1971, and Tennessee Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville, 1976.

1983

  • Remained on long term to LACMA after show there in 1983. Resumed tour with Armand Hammer collection at Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, 1986.

Inscriptions

recto: none; lower right verso in watercolor: C.P.

Markings

none

Wikidata ID

Q64537831

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