Camille Pissarro (1831-1903)
A Peaceful Sunday in the Woods (Repos du Dimanche dans le Bois), 1891
Etching, aquatint, and drypoint on laid paper
171 x 289 mm. (6 3/4 x 11 3/8 inches)
Signed in pencil & inscribed by the artist '2e etat No.2 repos dans le bois'
Delteil 99 third (final) state
A splendid example of Pissarro’s impressionist aesthetic, as well as his idiosyncratic and personal approach to printmaking. Only a few impressions of the first state are known, and only one...
A splendid example of Pissarro’s impressionist aesthetic, as well as his idiosyncratic and personal approach to printmaking.
Only a few impressions of the first state are known, and only one impression of a second state in which some shading lines were added. A few impressions are known of a recently discovered intermediate state (2a), in which a few slanting lines were added below the peasant woman at the right. The third state (here referred to by Pissarro as a second state) is known in about 10 impressions. Each of these impressions is called 2e by the artist, and numbered. (A posthumous edition was printed in 18 proofs, each stamped and numbered); the perforated zinc plate was given to the New York Public Library.
Only a few impressions of the first state are known, and only one impression of a second state in which some shading lines were added. A few impressions are known of a recently discovered intermediate state (2a), in which a few slanting lines were added below the peasant woman at the right. The third state (here referred to by Pissarro as a second state) is known in about 10 impressions. Each of these impressions is called 2e by the artist, and numbered. (A posthumous edition was printed in 18 proofs, each stamped and numbered); the perforated zinc plate was given to the New York Public Library.