Catalogue of Drawings by Camille Pissarro in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford

by Richard R. Brettell, Christopher Lloyd

First edition. There are nearly 400 drawings by Pissarro in the Ashmolean Museum collection, mostly unpublished and remaining unknown to scholars and public alike, having been donated by the widow of the artist's eldest son, Lucien, in 1950. This catalogue provides detailed entries for each drawing and attempts to establish the development of Camille Pissarro's style as a draughtsman through every decade of his working life. Published on the 150th anniversary of the artist's birth. Pastel portrait of Lucien Pissarro as frontispiece. With 19 illustrations in introduction and 378 following text. xii, ii , 225+ 1 pages of text followed by more than 378 plates. cloth, dust jacket. large 8vo..

240 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1980