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Lot Essay
Joachim Pissarro and Christopher Lloyd have confirmed the authenticity of this drawing.
The present drawing is related to Pissarro's tempera Les faneuses (circa 1880; Pissarro and Venturi, no. 1330), with the most important difference being the exclusion in the latter of the male figure between the haystack and the female harvester filling the left foreground. Christopher Lloyd, noting the hills in the background of Paysannes dans un champ, has observed that the field shown is near Pontoise looking towards Valhermeil in the direction of Auvers-sur-Oise.
The present drawing is related to Pissarro's tempera Les faneuses (circa 1880; Pissarro and Venturi, no. 1330), with the most important difference being the exclusion in the latter of the male figure between the haystack and the female harvester filling the left foreground. Christopher Lloyd, noting the hills in the background of Paysannes dans un champ, has observed that the field shown is near Pontoise looking towards Valhermeil in the direction of Auvers-sur-Oise.