Lucien Pissarro (1863-1944)

A wet day; Coldharbour from 'Roffy's'

Details

Lucien Pissarro (1863-1944)
A wet day; Coldharbour from 'Roffy's'
signed with monogram and dated '1916' (lower right)
oil on canvas
26¾ x 21 in. (68 x 53.3 cm.)

Provenance

Purchased by the present owner's family at the 1916 exhibition, and by descent.

Literature

A. Thorold, A Catalogue of The Oil Paintings of Lucien Pissarro, London, 1983, no. 225.

Exhibited

London, New English Art Club, Spring, 1916, no. 35.

Lot Essay

Pissarro lived at Coldharbour, in Surrey, from November 1915 until July 1916 where he lodged with a Mrs. Ansell. He was made a naturalised English citizen in July and moved to Sedgehill near Shaftesbury for the rest of the summer (see A. Thorold, op. cit., p. 18).

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