Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Etudes de moissonneurs... Lot 29

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Etudes de moissonneurs , drawing recto-verso, wash and graphite pencil on paper, stamped C.P (L613B) on both sides, 16x21 cmThe work will be included in the catalog raisonné of Camille Pissarro's drawings currently being prepared by Joachim PissarroProvenance: Georges Couturat, Paris, c.1930, then remained in the family until today. GEORGES COUTURAT COLLECTION (1890-1948) A major dealer, patron and collector in the first part of the 20th century, Georges Couturat was a friend of painters. A great-uncle of the current Swiss owners by marriage from a patrician Vaud family, he worked to promote the work of modern artists such as Manguin, Camoin, Cross and Signac. He built up an extraordinary collection of several hundred works in his Paris apartment, including one of Caillebotte's masterpieces, "Man on the Balcony". As an aesthete, he never hesitated to offer advice to artists during their creative process. More than an advisor to some, his relationship with Manguin could be likened to that of a confidant, comforting the latter in his moments of doubt and helping him to establish his own painting. All the works from this collection marked in blue in the paper catalog (lots 17 to 35 and 2106 to 2226) have been kept in the family by descent to this day.