Lot Essay
The Rye paintings of 1913 were the result of a visit with James Brown (P. Conway) and J.B. Manson, who also painted this view from the same spot.
Details
Lucien Pissarro (1863-1944)
Rye, Sunset
signed with a monogram and dated lower left 1913, inscribed and dated again on the stretcher Rye from the Harbour Sunset Aug 1913, oil on canvas
21¼ x 25½in. (54 x 64.8cm.)
Rye, Sunset
signed with a monogram and dated lower left 1913, inscribed and dated again on the stretcher Rye from the Harbour Sunset Aug 1913, oil on canvas
21¼ x 25½in. (54 x 64.8cm.)
Provenance
G. Blackwell, to whom given by the artist
Literature
L. Pissarro, Sketchbook 52, Pissarro Family Archive, The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
J.B. Manson, Mr. Geoffrey Blackwell's Collection of Modern Pictures, The Studio, LXI, 15 May 1914, p.280, p.276 (illustrated)
A. Thorold, A Catalogue of the Oil Paintings of Lucien Pissarro, London, 1983, no.172, p.101 (illustrated)
J.B. Manson, Mr. Geoffrey Blackwell's Collection of Modern Pictures, The Studio, LXI, 15 May 1914, p.280, p.276 (illustrated)
A. Thorold, A Catalogue of the Oil Paintings of Lucien Pissarro, London, 1983, no.172, p.101 (illustrated)
Exhibited
London, N.E.A.C., Summer Exhibition, June-July 1913, no.104 as Rye from the Sands
London, N.E.A.C., Winter Exhibition, Nov.-Dec. 1913, no.13 as Rye from the Harbour
Birkenhead, Arts Exhibitions Bureau, Williamson Art Gallery, Travelling Exhibition of Oils, Watercolours and Drawings by Lucien Pissarro, July-August 1935, no.13: this exhibition travelled to Belfast, City Museum and Art Gallery, May-June 1936; Rochdale, Corporation Art Gallery, June-July 1936; and Gateshead, Shipley Art Gallery, August 1936, no.12
London, N.E.A.C., Winter Exhibition, Nov.-Dec. 1913, no.13 as Rye from the Harbour
Birkenhead, Arts Exhibitions Bureau, Williamson Art Gallery, Travelling Exhibition of Oils, Watercolours and Drawings by Lucien Pissarro, July-August 1935, no.13: this exhibition travelled to Belfast, City Museum and Art Gallery, May-June 1936; Rochdale, Corporation Art Gallery, June-July 1936; and Gateshead, Shipley Art Gallery, August 1936, no.12