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Femme à
la Barrière
Delteil 84,
Leymarie 83
etching with drypoint
and aquatint, 1889, on fine grey-beige laid paper with the "S
Lane" watermark, a very fine and fresh impression of the
definitive state (of ten?*), from the very small posthumous edition**,
with the "C.P." wetstamp (L. 613e), numbered ("1/12")
in pencil, with full margins, deckle edges right and below, traces
of old hinges on the reverse, otherwise in excellent condition
P. 160x112mm., S. 200x164mm.
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Provenance: the Henri
M. Petiet collection, with the HMP wetstamp on the reverse (not
cited in Lugt)
Pissarro's steadfast
interest in the women of the countryside, engaged in everyday
chores, is apparent in this charming print, which was inspired
by his 1886 picture of a shepherdess, Bergère rentrant
ses Moutons (L. R. 692).
The present impression
is quite impeccably printed, and the artist's painstaking rework
of the plate over 10 states is evident in the rich interplay of
fine tonal values and textures.
* Delteil notes 10 states
and Leymarie 11, without justifiying the difference.
**Delteil cites only
four or five lifetime impressions of this state, annotated by
the artist, and subsequently the 12 stamped and numbered impressions
of the posthumous edition, making this print quite rare.
