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La Roche-Guyon

1866

Camille Pissarro

(French, 1830–1903)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
etching
Measurements
Image: 27.4 x 22.2 cm (10 13/16 x 8 3/4 in.); Plate: 31.8 x 23.9 cm (12 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.); Sheet: 43.5 x 32.8 cm (17 1/8 x 12 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds 1976.20
Catalogue raisonné
Delteil 5
State
I/II
Impression
proof impression
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

Camille Pissarro favored rural life and lived in the small village of La Roche-Guyon during the 1860s, when this print was made.

Description

A very early etching by the Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro, this view of the massive rocks at La Roche-Guyon reveals the artist’s painterly attitude toward printmaking. Using only the etched line and a layer of ink left on his printing plate's surface, Pissarro created a dramatic landscape filled with brilliant sunlight and soft shadows.
A vertically oriented print in black ink depicts a path winding away from us through a hilly landscape. Hills rise up to our left while the landscape flattens on our right, lined with trees with frenzied, layered dashes for leaves. A horse and carriage faces us on the road in between, coming just around the bend. Repeated, short lines, most horizontal or at a slight diagonal, create the scene.

La Roche-Guyon

1866

Camille Pissarro

(French, 1830–1903)
France, 19th century

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