Camille Pissarro (artist) French, 1830 - 1903 Orchard in Bloom, Louveciennes, 1872 oil on canvas Overall: 45.1 x 54.9 cm (17 3/4 x 21 5/8 in.) framed: 70.8 x 80.6 x 5.7 cm (27 7/8 x 31 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.) Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection 1970.17.51 |
Provenance
Acquired from the artist in 1872 by (Durand-Ruel, Paris); sold between 1882 and 1888.[1] Alfred Bernheim, Paris, by 1936.[2] Purchased 1946 by (Alex Reid & Lefevre. London); sold 14 March 1950 to Lady Baillie. (Arthur Tooth and Sons, London); sold June 1959 to (Sam Salz Inc., New York); [3]sold 26 April 1960 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[4] bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1]See letter dated 20 December 1977 from Charles Durand-Ruel, in NGA curatorial files.
[2]Lent by Alfred Bernheim to the 1936 Paris exhibition.
[3] Provenance between Alex Reid & Lefevre and Arthur Tooth and Sons per Joachim Pissarro and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Pissarro: Critical Catalogue of Paintings, vol. II, no. 248. Dated receipt from Salz to Mrs. Bruce in NGA curatorial files.