Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)

Le clocher de Bazincourt, étude

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Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Le clocher de Bazincourt, étude
with the stamped initials 'C.P.' (L.613a) (lower right) and with an inscription '166 le clocher de Bazincourt (étude 1895)' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 23 3/8in. (65 x 59.5cm.)
Painted in 1895

Provenance

A.Bonin, Paris; his Sale, Hôtel Drouot, 26 June 1931, lot 6, where purchased by the father of the present owner.

Literature

L. Rodo Pissarro and L. Venturi, Camille Pissarro, Son Art - Son Oeuvre, Paris, 1939, no. 928 (illustrated pl. 188).

Lot Essay

In 1884, Pissarro moved to Eragny-sur-Epte, a small village near Gisors, off the Paris-Dieppe road. With some financial help from Claude Monet, Pissarro was able to buy a house and convert a substantial barn in the garden into his studio. The studio overlooked an orchard and beyond that the meadows leading to the neighbouring village of Bazincourt. From the large bay-window, Pissarro could see the church steeple of Bazincourt, which suggests that the artist may well have painted the present composition directly from his studio.

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