Lot Essay
Lucien Pissarro painted three oils during his visit to Grayshott in Hampshire in 1925, and the present lot is a view of the house, Ruffit, in which he was staying in late Autumn 1925.
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Ruffit, Grayshott
Details
Lucien Pissarro (1863-1944)
Ruffit, Grayshott
signed with a monogram and dated '1925' (lower left), inscribed 'Ruffit Grayshott' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
21 x 17 1/8 in. (53.3 x 43.5 cm.)
Painted in November 1925.
Ruffit, Grayshott
signed with a monogram and dated '1925' (lower left), inscribed 'Ruffit Grayshott' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
21 x 17 1/8 in. (53.3 x 43.5 cm.)
Painted in November 1925.
Provenance
The Brook, 1949.
W.S. Meadmore.
with Anthony d'Offay, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 27 November 1997, lot 88, where purchased by the present owner.
W.S. Meadmore.
with Anthony d'Offay, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 27 November 1997, lot 88, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
A. Thorold, A Catalogue of the Oil Paintings of Lucien Pissarro, London, 1983, p. 186, no. 419, illustrated, as 'Ruffit, A Grey Day'.
Exhibited
London, Goupil Gallery, Spring Exhibition, 1926, no. 64.
London, Leicester Galleries, Lucien Pissarro, June - July 1927, no. 23.
London, Leicester Galleries, Lucien Pissarro, November 1934, no. 24.
London, Arts Council Gallery, Lucien Pissarro 1863-1944: A Centenary Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings and Graphic Work, January - February 1963, no. 53: this exhibition travelled to Manchester, City Art Gallery, March 1963; Bristol, City Art Gallery, April 1963; Dundee, City Art Gallery, May 1963; Colchester, The Minories, June 1963; and Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, July 1963.
London, Anthony d'Offay, Lucien Pissarro, November - December 1977, no. 40.
London, Leicester Galleries, Lucien Pissarro, June - July 1927, no. 23.
London, Leicester Galleries, Lucien Pissarro, November 1934, no. 24.
London, Arts Council Gallery, Lucien Pissarro 1863-1944: A Centenary Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings and Graphic Work, January - February 1963, no. 53: this exhibition travelled to Manchester, City Art Gallery, March 1963; Bristol, City Art Gallery, April 1963; Dundee, City Art Gallery, May 1963; Colchester, The Minories, June 1963; and Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, July 1963.
London, Anthony d'Offay, Lucien Pissarro, November - December 1977, no. 40.
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