La Combe St Hermentaire (Genets), Cotignac

Details

Lucien Pissarro (1863-1944)
La Combe St Hermentaire (Genets), Cotignac
signed with monogram and dated '1937' (lower right)
oil on canvas
21 x 25½ in. (53.3 x 64.7 cm.)
Painted in June 1937

Provenance

D.M.B. Butt, by whom purchased at the 1955 exhibition.

Literature

A. Thorold, A Catalogue of the Oil Paintings of Lucien Pissarro, London, 1983, no. 534, p. 225 (illustrated).

Exhibited

London, New English Art Club, Winter Exhibition, October 1937, no. 225.
London, New English Art Club, Summer Exhibition, June-July 1938, no. 78.
Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of New English Art Club, November 1939, no. 76.
London, Leicester Galleries, New Year Exhibition, January 1953, no. 61.
London, O'Hana Gallery, Lucien Pissarro, November 1955, no. 20.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Pissarro and his wife Esther travelled to Cotignac, Var, France in 1934. They returned in March to July 1937 for a longer stay at the Hôtel du Cours, from where he produced a series of extensive landscapes throughout the summer months.

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