Camille Pissarro La Servante assise dans le jardin d'Éragny

Property from an Important International Collection
Camille Pissarro
1830 - 1903

La Servante assise dans le jardin d'Éragny
signed C. Pissarro., dated 84 and dedicated à l'ami Nunes (lower right)
oil on canvas
23 ⅝ by 29 ½ in.
60 by 75 cm.
Executed in 1884.

Condition Report:
The work is in very good condition. The canvas is unlined and the edges are taped. Minor frame abrasion to the extreme perimeter edges. The colors are vibrant and the media is well-preserved. Scattered pindot sized losses throughout the composition. Under UV light: A few strokes of inpainting along the extreme left perimeter edge. A milky varnish obscures further reading.

Provenance:
Alfred Nunès, Paris (acquired as a gift from the artist)

(possibly) Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25 November 1892, lot 43 (titled La Gardeuse d’enfants)

René Gimpel, Paris and Demotte Gallery, Paris and New York (acquired circa 1935)

Vicomte du Lude, Paris

Christie’s, London, 25 June 1990, lot 19 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, London

Private Collection, London and Switzerland

Christie's, London, 23 June 2015, lot 10

Acquired from the above by the present owner