The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 17, 2026

A vertically oriented print in squiggly black ink strokes on beige paper depicts a town square crowded with people, a central person with a basket over their right arm stepping forward and looking to their left at another person, seen from the back, sitting in the lower left corner. Behind the central person, two small animals face each other in front of a larger crowd, some in top hats. Brief lines suggest stalls in the background.

At the Market

late 1800s

Camille Pissarro

(French, 1830–1903)
France, 19th century
monotype
Sheet: 31 x 25 cm (12 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.); Image: 22.5 x 16 cm (8 7/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1925.1050
Location: Not on view

Description

Pissarro probably learned the technique of monotype from his friend Edgar Degas. Although it allowed him to work in a spontaneous and expressive way, the medium never played a significant role in his work.
  • Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19-Century French Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).
    The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/26/01-10/28/01. "Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19th-Century French Prints".
  • {{cite web|title=At the Market|url=false|author=Camille Pissarro|year=late 1800s|access-date=17 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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