The Mender
c. 1881
Camille Pissarro
Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903)
Drawings
The Mender, c. 1881. Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903). Pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite heightened with white gouache; sheet: 15.1 x 10.2 cm (5 15/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1927.298 Camille Pissarro used the French countryside and its inhabitants as the subject of his art throughout his career. He frequently depicted women sewing, often outdoors or seated beside a window, as seen in this drawing. He indicated the effects of natural light illuminating his subject with the notation "lumière" at the left margin of the drawing. At the time this drawing was made, Camille Pissarro lived in the small village of Pontoise. He remained there for over a decade to immerse himself in the type of rural life that he depicted in his art.
- Maker/Artist
- Pissarro, Camille
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite heightened with white gouache
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 15.1 x 10.2 cm (5 15/16 x 4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed, lower right, in graphite: C Pissarro; by artist, upper left, in graphite: lumière; by artist, upper right, in graphite: gris; by artist, upper right, in graphite: jaun; VERSO, by artist?, upper right, in graphite: CP81 / a - [illegible][crossed out]; lower left, in graphite: 21952; lower right, in graphite: Nº 13 [underlined]
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1927.298
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
- Exhibitions
- Drawings from the Museum Collection, Drawings from the Museum Collection, The Graphic Art of the Barbizon School, Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in Nineteenth-Century Paris, <em>Exhibition of Modern French Paintings, Water Colors and Drawings</em>. C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, New York (October 8-22, 1927)., <em>Drawings from the Collection</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 16, 1945-April 21, 1946)., <em>Drawings from the Collection</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 12, 1946-April 20, 1947)., <em>Drawings from the Collection</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 10, 1947-April 26, 1948)., <em>Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 3-November 7, 1948)., <em>Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 15, 1949-April 24, 1950)., <em>Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 14-December 5, 1950)., <em>French Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-April 26, 1953)., <em>French Drawings from the Collection, Gallery XVI</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 30-June 16, 1954)., <em>Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 16-August 10, 1954).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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