Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011001The Mender
About the Artwork
Camille Pissarro used the French countryside and its inhabitants as the subject of his art throughout his career. He frequently depicted women sewing, often outdoors or seated beside a window, as seen in this drawing. He indicated the effects of natural light illuminating his subject with the notation "lumière" at the left margin of the drawing.
Inscriptions
signed, lower right, in graphite: C Pissarro; by artist, upper left, in graphite: lumière; by artist, upper right, in graphite: gris; by artist, upper right, in graphite: jaun; VERSO, by artist?, upper right, in graphite: CP81 / a - [illegible][crossed out]; lower left, in graphite: 21952; lower right, in graphite: Nº 13 [underlined]
Provenance
?-1927: (Kraushaar Galleries, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH) 1927-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 28, 1937). Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-October 3, 1940). The Graphic Art of the Barbizon School. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-May 17, 1987). Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007). Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903)
- Date
- c. 1881
- Medium
- pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite heightened with white gouache
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 15.1 x 10.2 cm (5 15/16 x 4 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
- Accession no.
- 1927.298
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