IMPRESSIONIST WORKSONPAPER
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INTRODUCTION
Stern Pissarro Gallery is pleased to present Impressionist Works on Paper, an exhibition bringing together Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters, whose innovations paved the way for modern art. Following the success of Celebrating 150 Years of Impressionism in 2024, the gallery once again turns its focus to this radical circle - this time through the intimate and experimental medium of paper From the late nineteenth century onwards, works on paper began to be regarded not merely as preparatory studies but as independent artworks, sharing the same artistic ambitions as painting. This exhibition highlights that transition, featuring works by Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Eugène Boudin, Camille Pissarro, Édouard Vuillard, Pierre Bonnard, Paul Signac, Paul Gauguin, and others
The group later known as the Impressionists first exhibited together in Paris in 1874. Organised by Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley, the exhibition brought together artists who rejected the conventions of the Salon and sought to depict contemporary life and landscape with immediacy and direct observation Though the show was initially met with scepticism and ridicule, the looseness of touch, clarity of light and emphasis on momentary effects soon became recognised as a turning point in the development of modern art.
Works on paper played a crucial role in this shift. Their portability allowed artists to work en plein air with greater spontaneity, and dealers quickly recognised the accessibility and commercial potential of exhibiting such works By the time the final Impressionist exhibition was held in 1886, works on paper had assumed a significant position within the group ’ s practice.
Key works in the exhibition include a study of two jockeys by Edgar Degas, a large pastel portrait by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, a comprehensive selection of works by Camille Pissarro, and a group of works by Eugène Boudin Together, these examples reflect the intimacy of works on paper, the range of approaches adopted by the Impressionists and the growing importance of the medium within their practice
ARTISTS
Pierre Bonnard
Eugène Boudin
Paul Cézanne
Edgar Degas
Jean-Louis Forain
Paul Gauguin
Hippolyte Petitjean
Camille Pissarro
Lucien Pissarro
Georges Manzana Pissarro
Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro
Paulémile Pissarro
Paul Ranson
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Lesser Ury
Paul Signac
Claude-Émile Schuffenecker
Édouard Vuillard
Image on the right: The first Impressionist exhibition was held at the former studio of the famous photographer Nadar, on Boulevard des Capucines.
EUGÈNE BOUDIN (1824 - 1898)
Pastel on paper laid on board 13 3 x 16 5 cm (5 2 x 6 5 inches)
Stamped with Estate stamp lower right, E B
Executed circa 1860
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Eugène Boudin
Coucher de Soleil – Bateaux sur la mer
EUGÈNE
20 3 x 26 7 cm (8 x 10 5 inches)
Signed lower right, E Boudin
Executed circa 1865
BOUDIN (1824 - 1898)
Étude de Ciel
Pastel on canvas
Eugène Boudin at Deauville-Trouville
EUGÈNE BOUDIN (1824 - 1898)
Crinolines sur la Plage de Trouville
Watercolour and pencil on paper
16 5 x 27 9 cm (6 5 x 11 inches)
Stamped lower right, E B
Executed circa 1865
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Eugène Boudin
Amélie Diéterle
de Mademoiselle Dieterle
Pastel, charcoal and pencil on paper mounted on board
52 x 39 cm (20 5 x 15 3 inches)
Signed with the initials lower right, AR Executed circa 1895-1900
This work is accompanied by letter from the Wildenstein-Plattner Institute confirming the work will be included in the forthcoming Renoir digital catalogue raisonné
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841 - 1919)
Portrait
Édouard Vuillard in his studio in 1923
ÉDOUARD VUILLARD (1868 -
1940)
Pastel on buff paper, laid down on board
39 x 34 2 cm (15 4 x 13 5 inches)
Signed and dedicated lower right, pour Lucy / E Vuillard
Literature: Antoine Salomon and Guy Cogeval, Vuillard: The Inexhaustible Glance Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels, Milan, 2003, Vol III, p 1265, no X-190 (dated 1915)
Portrait of Jean Reiss in a Sailor Suit
View on Saint-Tropez from Hill on Harbour
10 5 x 15 7 cm (4 1 x 6 1 inches)
Stamped with Bonnard studio stamp lower right
Inscribed on the reverse
PIERRE BONNARD (1867 - 1947)
View of the Town and Bay of Saint-Tropez
Pencil on paper
Femme à la mante
Watercolour and pencil on white wove paper
47 7 x 31 5 cm (18 7 x 12 4 inches)
Inscribed on the reverse, La Mante Executed circa 1890-95
Literature: L Venturi, Cézanne: Son art - son oeuvre, Paris, 1936, vol I, p 276, no 1095, vol II, pl 317 (dated 1895-1900)
PAUL CÉZANNE (1839 - 1906)
Four anatomy studies, after the old masters
34 4 x 23 4 cm (13 5 x 9 3 inches)
Stamped with Estate stamp lower right, ATELIER /ED DEGAS
Executed circa 1856-59
EDGAR DEGAS (1834 - 1917)
Pencil on paper
Graphite on paper
41 x 28 cm (16 1 x 11 inches)
Stamped lower left, Degas
EDGAR DEGAS (1834 - 1917)
Femme à la lorgnette
Edgar Degas, Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey 1866, reworked 1880-1881 and c 1897
National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Pencil and chalk on paper
40 4 x 31 8 cm (15 9 x 12 5 inches)
Stamped with Estate stamp lower left, Degas
Stamped on the reverse, ATELIER / ED DEGAS
Executed circa 1866
EDGAR DEGAS (1834 - 1917)
Two Jockeys
Paul Gauguin, Meyer de Haan (Sous la lampe), 1889 Museum of Modern Art, NY
and
16 2 x 19 1 cm (6 4 x 7 5 inches) Executed circa 1889
This work will be included in the forthcoming addition to the Paul Gauguin catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute 18
PAUL GAUGUIN (1848 - 1903)
Portraits of Meyer de Haan and Mimi
Black crayon, brush
black wash on woven paper
CLAUDE-ÉMILE
Coastal Cliffs, Normandy
Pastel on light brown paper
30 x 45 7 cm (11 8 x 18 inches)
Stamped with the atelier monogram lower left
SCHUFFENECKER (1851 - 1934)
Watercolour and graphite on paper 27 8 x 43 cm (11 x 16 9 inches)
Titled and dated lower left, Concarneau 6 Juin 1929
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Marina Ferretti
PAUL SIGNAC (1863 - 1935)
Concarneau
Bourg-Saint-Andéol, Ardèche, France
Watercolour and graphite on paper
28 2 x 46 5 cm (11 1 x 18 3 inches)
Studio stamp lower right
Executed circa 1927
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Marina Ferretti
PAUL SIGNAC (1863 - 1935)
Bourg-Saint-Andéol Le Pont
Sanguine on paper
52 8 x 38 6 cm (20 8 x 15 3 inches)
Studio stamp and dated lower left, 19 mai 1901
HIPPOLYTE PETITJEAN (1854 - 1929)
Madame Petitjean Assise, 19 mai 1901
Ink and wash on paper
24 1 x 17 2 cm (9 5 x 6 8 inches)
This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate from Mrs F V Forain
JEAN-LOUIS FORAIN (1852 - 1931)
Homme au fauteuil
46 5 x 41 5 cm (18 3 x 16 4 inches)
Signed lower right, P Ranson
1900
PAUL RANSON (1864 - 1909)
Vase de fleurs
Pastel on paper
URY (1861 - 1931)
x 70 cm (19 8 x 27 5 inches)
Signed and dated lower left, L Ury 1911
LESSER
Landscape
Pastel on paper
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MAXIMILIEN LUCE (1858 - 1941)
Black pencil on paper
18 5 x 7 cm (7 3 x 2 8 inches)
Signed lower right, Luce
Ouvrier
MAXIMILIEN
LUCE (1858 - 1941)
Black pencil on paper
29 x 17 cm (11 4 x 6 8 inches)
Signed lower right, Luce
Ouvrier au Travail
27 1 x 31 5 cm (10 6 x 12 4 inches)
Signed lower left, C Pissarro
Executed in 1899
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Wildenstein Institute
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 - 1903)
La Lavandière
Gouache and tempera on linen laid down on board
Pastel on paper laid on board
46 5 x 62 cm (18 3 x 24 4 inches)
Initialed lower left, C P
Executed in 1879
work
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 - 1903)
Le Père Melon Sciant du Bois
Femme à la barrière
Charcoal on paper
29 x 21 cm (11 4 x 8 3 inches)
Stamped lower right, CP Executed circa 1886
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 - 1903)
Gouache and charcoal on paper
29 x 23 cm (11 4 x 9 inches)
Signed lower right, C Pissarro
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 - 1903)
Paysannes causant dans la cour d'une ferme, Eragny
Étude de Minette
Graphite on paper
28 5 x 45 4 cm (11 3 x 17 9 inches)
Monogrammed lower right, C P Executed circa 1867
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 - 1903)
Études de paysannes
Watercolour and charcoal on paper 14 x 22 2 cm (5 5 x 8 8 inches)
Signed with monogram lower right, C P Executed circa 1880
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 - 1903)
drawing
Reverse
Charcoal on paper
55 7 x 40 5 cm (21 9 x 16 inches)
Stamped with the initials lower right, C P Executed circa 1884
This drawing is double-sided
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 - 1903)
Paysanne
Paysanne de dos
Brush and grey wash and charcoal on paper
23 5 x 18 cm (9 3 x 7 1 inches)
Stamped with initials lower right, C P Executed in the 1880s
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 - 1903)
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 - 1903)
Marché aux Oeufs de Pontoise
Pencil and crayon on tracing paper
24 8 x 19 cm (9 8 x 7 5 inches)
Initialled lower right, C P
Executed in the 1880s
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro
4 4 x 3 1 cm (1 8 x 1 3 inches)
Stamped lower left with initials, C P
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 - 1903)
Portait of a man with top hat
Charcoal on paper
4 7 x 3 2 cm (1 9 x 1 3 inches)
Stamped with initials lower left, C P
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 - 1903)
Portrait of a man wearing a bowler hat
Charcoal on paper
1903)
Studies of four men
Charcoal on paper
6 2 x 14 2 cm (2 5 x 5 6 inches)
Stamped with initials lower left, C P
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 -
1903)
A seated man wearing a top hat
Charcoal on paper
11 1 x 10 cm (4 4 x 4 inches)
Stamped with initials lower right, C P
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 -
Studies of men
Charcoal on paper 9 x 10 8 cm (3 5 x 4 3 inches)
Stamped with initials upper left, C P
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 - 1903)
1903)
Portraits of men and women
Charcoal on paper
11 3 x 11 4 cm (4 5 x 4 5 inches)
Stamped with initials upper left, C P
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 -
Reverse drawing
Study Of Men’s Heads
Black lead on paper
20 3 x 26 8 cm (8 x 10 5 inches)
Executed in Venezuela circa 1852-1854
This drawing is double-sided
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 - 1903)
1903)
Studies of seated men
Charcoal on paper
6 9 x 12 3 cm (2 8 x 4 9 inches)
Stamped with initials lower left, C P
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 -
1903)
Watercolour and charcoal on paper
46 x 29 cm (18 1 x 11 4 inches)
Initialled, titled and dated 1859 lower right
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 -
La Roche-Guyon
La Roche-Guyon
Ink on paper
32 x 47 8 cm (12 6 x 18 9 inches)
Signed and dated lower left, C Pissarro 1859
Signed and titled lower right, C Pissarro La Roche-Guyon
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 - 1903)
View of Charlotte Amalie and harbour, Danish Virgin Islands
1903)
20 8 x 28 6 cm (8 3 x 11 3 inches)
Stamped CP lower left and inscribed and dated October 1852 lower right
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro 50
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 -
St Thomas Harbour
Pencil on paper
The Suspension Bridge at Rouen, France
Graphite on paper
21 x 30 cm (8 3 x 11 8 inches)
Stamped with initials lower left, C P
This work is accompanied by a letter confirming the authenticity of the work by Dr Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro 52
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830 - 1903)
Pont à Rouen
PAULÉMILE PISSARRO (1884 -
1972)
Meules de foin
Graphite and coloured crayon on paper 19 5 x 25 cm (7 6 x 9 9 inches)
Signed lower left, Paulémile Pissarro
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Lélia Pissarro
Ink and coloured crayon on paper 11 x 19 5 cm (4 4 x 7 6 inches)
Signed with the monogram and dated lower left, Eragny 1921
This work is accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Colin Harrison, Senior Curator of European Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
LUCIEN PISSARRO (1863 - 1944)
Haystacks, Eragny
GEORGES MANZANA PISSARRO (1871 - 1961)
Portrait of Cézanne
Graphite on paper
26 5 x 20 cm (10 4 x 7 9 inches)
Stamped lower right, manzana-Pissarro
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Lélia Pissarro.
Portrait of Paul Cézanne
GEORGES
Portrait of Renoir
on paper
18 5 x 16 cm (7 3 x 6 3 inches)
Signed lower right, manzana-Pissarro
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Lélia Pissarro
MANZANA PISSARRO (1871 - 1961)
Graphite
Portrait of Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Camille Pissarro at Eragny with his mobile studio
This work
Conté Pierre Noire on paper
29 2 x 24 2 cm (11 5 x 9 5 inches)
Signed lower left, manzana and titled lower right
GEORGES MANZANA PISSARRO (1871 - 1961)
Portrait de Camille Pissarro à Éragny
Les pêcheurs aux Andelys
Gouache on cardboard
41 x 33 cm (16 1 x 13 inches)
Stamped lower right, manzana-Pissarro
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Lélia Pissarro
GEORGES MANZANA PISSARRO (1871 - 1961)
PAULÉMILE PISSARRO (1884 -
1972)
L'Église de Morgny-Eure
Watercolour and black crayon on paper 31 5 x 43 5 cm (12 4 x 17 1 inches)
Signed, dated and inscribed lower right, Morgny-Eure 1927- Paulémile-
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Lélia Pissarro
St Savior Church of Petit-Andely
Watercolour on paper
22 x 29 cm (8 6 x 11 4 inches)
Signed lower left, Ludovic Rodo
Executed circa 1930
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Lélia Pissarro
LUDOVIC-RODO PISSARRO (1878 - 1952)
La Seine aux Andelys
La Roche Posay bridge of the Creuse
La Roche Posay
Watercolour and pencil on paper
26 x 36 5 cm (10 3 x 14 4 inches)
Signed and titled lower left
Executed circa 1910
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Lélia Pissarro
LUDOVIC-RODO PISSARRO (1878 - 1952)
Watercolour on paper
28 5 x 38 6 cm (11 3 x 15 3 inches)
Signed with Estate stamp lower right, Ludovic Rodo Executed circa 1930
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Lélia Pissarro
LUDOVIC-RODO PISSARRO (1878 - 1952)
Paysage de Rivière
Moissonneurs à Blarimon
Watercolour and ink on paper
26 4 x 37 cm (10 4 x 14 6 inches)
Signed lower left, Ludovic Rodo
Executed in 1931
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Lélia Pissarro
LUDOVIC-RODO PISSARRO (1878 - 1952)
Watercolour, ink and pencil on paper
27 2 x 37 cm (10 8 x 14 6 inches)
Signed and titled lower right Executed circa 1930
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Lélia Pissarro
LUDOVIC-RODO PISSARRO (1878 - 1952)
La Maison Rose, Les Andelys
PAULÉMILE PISSARRO (1884 -
1972)
Paysage sous la neige
Watercolour and charcoal on paper 20 x 28 cm (7 9 x 11 inches)
Signed lower left, Paulémile- Pissarro-
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Lélia Pissarro
PISSARRO
(1884 - 1972)
Le marché aux bestiaux
Watercolour and ink on paper
23 7 x 31 2 cm (9 4 x 12 3 inches)
Signed lower right, Paul-Émile Pissarro
Executed circa 1920
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Lélia Pissarro
PAULÉMILE
1944)
Wotton-under-Edge
Watercolour, ink and coloured crayon on paper 14 6 x 18 5 cm (5 8 x 7 3 inches)
Signed with monogram and dated lower left, 1920 Inscribed lower right, Wotton-under-Edge
This work is accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Colin Harrison, Senior Curator of European Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
LUCIEN PISSARRO (1863 -
1972)
Scène de rivière, près de Lyons-la-Forêt
Watercolour and crayon on paper
31 5 x 48 3 cm (12 4 x 19 inches)
Signed lower left, Paulémile - Pissarro
Executed circa 1925
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Lélia Pissarro
PAULÉMILE PISSARRO (1884 -
PAULÉMILE PISSARRO (1884 -
1972)
Les Nénuphars à Sorel
Watercolour and crayon on paper
32 5 x 50 3 cm (12 8 x 19 8 inches)
Signed and dated lower right, Sorel le 8 juillet 1931 - Paulémile
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Lélia Pissarro
