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Peasant: Le Père Melon (Paysan: le père melon)
Camille Pissarro, 1879

Peasant: Le Père Melon (Paysan: le père melon)

1879, Camille Pissarro (1830 - 1903)

etching and drypoint on laid paper, 20.3 cm x 29.3 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the BankGiro Loterij, the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and the members of The Yellow House)

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Object number
p2900S2018
Edition
1/2, 1st state of 6
Dimensions
20.3 cm x 29.3 cm, 10.5 cm x 16.3 cm, 10.1 cm x 15.9 cm
Catalogue raisonné
Delteil 25

Inscription/label

inscription
1e etat - nº 1 Paysan (père melon) aquatinte (Cuivre) , op koperen plaat
number
LD 25. I/6.
number
70
number
71[S] , laatste letter niet goed leesbaar
number
D 25 I/VI
mark
H.M.P. by Petiet, Henri Marie, Lugt no. 5031. Stempel aangebracht door veilinghuisexperts
number
33
watermark
PA[...] A[...]

  • Loys Delteil ; suppl. by Jean Cailac ; ed. by Alan Hyman, Camille Pissarro : l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié = the etchings and lithographs : catalogue raisonné, 1999, p. 50-51
  • Rimgaila Salys ; with an introd. by Jon Whiteley, Degas & Pissarro : alchimie d'une rencontre, 1998, p. 62-63
  • Michel Melot, Camille Pissarro : impressions gravées, 2017, p. 52-53
  • Camille Pissarro ; comm. de Jeanine Bailly-Herzberg, Correspondance de Camille Pissarro, 1980-1991, p. 228-231 (3), 447-453 (4)

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