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Young woman at the market

Maker

(artist)
1830-1903

Title

Date of Production

1886 - 1888

Medium

pen and black ink on wove paper, upper edge deckle

Dimensions

Height: 17.8 cm
Width: 13.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1950.XX.2

Mode of Acquisition

Orovida Pissarro, gift, 15 May 1950

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

In 1886 Pissarro mentioned, in letters to his son Lucien, three pen and ink drawings executed in a new pointillist technique, all showing market scenes. This charming study of a simply dressed peasant girl was probably executed within the same context. The definition of the figure is exclusively based on black ink dots. Depending on the density of their placement they evoke lighter and darker areas, whilst a particularly dense “cloud” of marks to the figure’s left effectively puts the bust into relief.

Provenance

stamped by the artist's son, Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952), L.613e; the artist's granddaughter, Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968); given by her to The Home House Society (now the Samuel Courtauld Trust), 1950

Exhibition History

Courtauld Connects Regional Programme - Radical Drawing, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, 18/10/2019-19/01/2020

Special Display - French Drawings of the 19th century, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 08/02/2008-12/06/2008

Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Related Drawings from the
Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 11/05/1988-04/09/1988

Literature

Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Related Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988
cat. no. 29

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, black ink, accession number: “2.50”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Camille Pissarro (L.613e).

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