CAMILLE PISSARO

(1830-1903)

 
 
Maid doing the shopping
1888
Etching drypoint in black ink
19.2 x 13.1
P.829
 

Made for the Revue Indépendante issued on 1st May 1888. Pissarro reworked the plate while the printing was in progress to achieve the correct balance of light. This is the fourth and most complete state. The location depicted is that of Gisors Market in north-west France where Pissarro was living at the time.

Copyright © Trustees of Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford.

Extract taken from Prints, Cecil Higgins Art Gallery .

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