Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
25-1/4 x 31-1/2 in. (canvas) 31-1/16 x 37-3/8 x 3 in. (framed/Optium)
Mark Description
Signature and date in green paint at lower left: Lucien Pissarro | 1887
Accession Number
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Robert S. Ashby by his family and friends
Copyright
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette
Provenance
Given by the artist to his cousin, Eugénie Estruc [1863-1931], possibly as a wedding present when she married Auguste Leboeuf in 1894;{1} by descent within the family;{2} sale (Sotheby's, London), in 1995;{3} purchased for the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1995. {1} Correspondence from Anne Thorold to Ellen Lee, dated 11 November 1995, in IMA Historical File (1995.100). {2} A yellowed sticker on the original frame, which no longer houses the painting, reads "Leboeuf". {3} Sotheby's, London, Modern British and Irish Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture,22 November 1995, lot no. 15 (illustration) Here the title is given as "Portrait of Georges Pissarro in Camille Pissarro's Studio".
Gallery Labels
In this canvas Lucien Pissarro, eldest son of artist Camille Pissarro, depicted his brother working in the family studio. From Camille’s hat hanging on the wall to the ceramic tiles he made for the planter on the table, the image is filled with details of the family’s life and work. The meticulous dotted brushwork and heavy use of complementary colors make this painting one of the artist’s most ambitious Neo-Impressionist efforts.
An IMA conservator noticed odd textures in the lower left that did not correspond with what is seen on the surface. An X-ray was taken (shown below), which revealed a substantially different composition in this area. It shows that the table was first placed at a different angle with completely different objects on it.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Indianapolis Museum of Art
June 15, 2014 - September 7, 2014
Seurat e Signac
Palazzo Reale
October 9, 2008 - January 21, 2009
Seurat and Signac(Seurat e Signac, e I neoimpressionisti)
Palazzo Reale
October 9, 2008 - January 21, 2009
Le néo-impressionisme de Seurat à Paul Klee
Musée d'Orsay
March 14, 2005 - June 26, 2005
Camille Pissarro, 1830 - 1903
Kunstmuseum Bern
January 1, 1957 - March 1, 1957
Exhibition
Kunstmuseum Basel
1944 - 1944
Retrospective des oeuvres de C. Pissarro
January 1, 1914 - February 1, 1914
Camille Pissarro
March 1, 1890 - March 1, 1890
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