Harvard Art Museums > 67.2001: Landscape at l'Hermitage, Pointoise Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Landscape at l'Hermitage, Pointoise (Camille Pissarro) , 67.2001,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Oct 14, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/169177. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 67.2001 People Camille Pissarro, Danish (St. Thomas, Danish W. Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands) 1830 - 1903 Paris) Title Landscape at l'Hermitage, Pointoise Other Titles Original Language Title: Paysage à l'Hermitage, Pontoise Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1881 Places Creation Place: Europe Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/169177 Physical Descriptions Technique Drypoint Dimensions plate: 10.8 x 12.5 cm (4 1/4 x 4 15/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: C. Pissarro inscription: lower margin, brown ink, hand written, signed: 1er état C. Pissarro / Paysage à l'hermitage / sur cuivre 26 [state description, signature, title, description, number in oeuvre (?)] inscription: verso, graphite, hand written, French: épreuve unique de 1er Etat à la poinre sèche / Cette épreuve a été exposée sous le no 141 à la 5e Expo. des Impressionistes en 1880 [probbaly written by Guérin, a later owner of the print and an Impressionist scholar] inscription: verso, graphite, hand written: 33304 [dealer's stock number?] collector's mark: lower left corner, black ink, stamped: collector's mark of Marcel Guérin inscription: upper right corner, graphite, hand written: L.D. 28 / I unique [Delteil cataloguing information] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Marcel Louis Guérin, (L. 1872a), Collector. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State i/iii Standard Reference Number Del., Leymarie P. 28 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan in memory of Marjorie Allen Benedict Object Number 67.2001 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Commentary This is a rare print with a unique provenance. It is the only impression of this quintessentially Impressionist composition that was taken before the artist reworked the plate heavily, ruining the sense of light, air, and distance that is so magically captured here. Further, this was the impression -- and not one from the reworked plate -- that the artist selected to hang with others of his prints, paintings, and drawings, in the 1880 exhibition of works by the Société Anonyme des Artistes, Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs, Etc., that is, the Fifth Impressionist Exhibition. Several of the more famous Impressionist artists had already forsaken the organization, including Monet and Cezanne, but Gauguin, Degas, and Cassatt remained; and the last three exhibited a number of prints, which, with the Pissarros', must have been a feature of the exhibition. Given their printmaking history -- they formed a virtual collective of etchers -- perhaps the selection of this print, to join the others, was a group choice. It should be noted that although the print bears the inscription "Paysage à l'hermitage", the title of the print as given in the 5th Impressionist exhibition catalogue, under #141, is "Côteaux de l'Hermitage, Pontoise" ("Hillsides at l'Hermitage, Pontoise"). In addition, the impression comes from the collection of Marcel Guérin (1873-1948). Although he was too young to have appreciated the print in its earliest manifestation, he became a major scholar of Impressionism, with a specialty in the prints of Forain, Gauguin, and Degas. Publication History Catalogue de la 5me exposition de peinture...Du 1er au 30 Avril 1880 [5th Impressionist exhibition], exh. cat., Société anonyme des artistes, peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, etc. (Paris, France, 1880), No. 141 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu