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Camille Pissarro

Peasant Girl with a Straw Hat, 1881

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 73.34 × 59.53 cm (28 7/8 × 23 7/16 in.)

framed: 90.17 x 75.88 x 6.99 cm (35 1/2 x 29 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.17.52

Artists / Makers

Camille Pissarro (artist) French, born St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1830 - 1903

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Inscription

lower right: C. Pissarro 81

Provenance

From the artist 25 August 1891 to (Durand-Ruel, Paris); Mme. Aude, Paris, a member of the Durand-Ruel family; another member of the Durand-Ruel family, Mme R. de Brecey, Paris; (Durand-Ruel, New York and Paris); by whom sold 2 March 1963 to (Sam Salz, Inc., New York);[1] by whom sold 20 September 1963 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA.

[1]Durand-Ruel ownership information provided in a letter dated 20 December 1977 from Charles Durand-Ruel, citing DR Paris stock book number 1569.

[2] Mrs. Bruce's acquisition source and date according to the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA archives.

Associated Names

Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.

Exhibition History

1882: 7me Exposition des Artistes Independants [Seventh Impressionist Exhibition], Paris, 1882, no. 118

1883: Paintings, Drawings and Pastels by Members of "La Société des Impressionistes", Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell's, London, 1883, no. 24

1904: Camille Pissarro, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1904, no. 67

1928: Camille Pissarro, Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1928, no. 35

1956: Exposition Camille Pissarro, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1956, no. 43, repro. frontispiece

1957: Camille Pissarro, 1830-1903, Kunstmuseum, Berne, 1957, no. 58, repro

1966: French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 29, repro

1966: Impressionist Treasures from Private Collections in New York, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1966, no. 25, repro.

1980: Fifty Years of French Painting: The Emergence of Modern Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 1980, no. 8, repro.

1980: Pissarro, Hayward Gallery, London; Grand Palais, Paris; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1980-1981, no. 54, repro.

1986: The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886, National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1986, no. 128, repro.

1989: Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1990: Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 41, repro.

1992: From El Greco to Cézanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metroplitan Museum of Art, New York, National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1992-1993, no. 52, repro.

1999: Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.

1999: Camille Pissarro, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 1999-2000, no. 40.

1999: Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 45, repro.

2004: Seurat and the Making of the Grande Jatte, Art Institute of Chicago, 2004, no. 101

2011: Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 2011, no. 37, repro.

2014: Camille Pissarro - Der Vater des Impressionismus, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, 2014-2015, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2017: Pissarro: Le premier des impressionnistes = The First among the Impressionists, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, 2017, no. 21, repro.

2019: Jean-François Millet: Sowing the Seeds of Modern Art, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 2019 - 2020, no. 54, repro..

Bibliography

1939: Pissarro, Ludovic and Lionello Venturi. Camille Pissarro, son art, son oeuvre. 2 vols. Paris, 1939: 1:158, no. 548, as Jeune Paysanne au Chapeau de Paille; 2:pl. 113.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 270, repro.

1981: Lloyd, Christopher. Camille Pissarro. New York, 1981:96, repro.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 508, no. 757, color repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 314, repro.

2004: Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 387, no. 320, color repro.

2005: Pissarro, Joachim and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Pissarro: Critical Catalogue of the Paintings, 3 vols., Milan, Paris and New York, 2005: II:661, repro.