Camille Pissarro
The Goose Girl at Montfoucault (White Frost)

CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Goose Girl at Montfoucault (White Frost)
Date1876
PlaceMontfoucault, France
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions22 3/4 × 28 3/4 in. (57.8 × 73 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck
Object number98.295
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
222 Beck Galleries
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ProvenanceMaurice Barret-Décap, Paris; [Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Barret-Décap sale, December 12, 1929, lot 10, ill.]; [Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1929]; [Jacques Dubourg, Paris]; purchased jointly on July 11, 1949 by [Sam Salz, New York] and [M. Knoedler and Co., New York]; [Sam Salz] share sold to [M. Knoedler and Co., December 15, 1950]; sold to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dickey, Ellicott City, Maryland, November 26, 1954; returned to [M. Knoedler and Co., New York, 1956]; [Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, "Modern Paintings, Drawings, and Sculptures," December 11, 1963, lot 60]; Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beck, Houston, 1963-1998; given to MFAH, 1998.
Exhibition History"Premières Époques de Camille Pissarro," Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Paris, 1936.

"The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1974.

"Pissarro," Hayward Gallery, London; Grand Palais, Paris; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1980–81.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: signed and dated, lower left: C. Pissarro 75
verso printed label with additions in ink: m[circled] réunion des musée nationaux / Titre de l'oeuvre: Gardeuse d'oies à Montfoucault / Propriétaire: J. A. Jones Beck coll. / Numéro du catalogue: 43

verso printed label with typed additions: Arts Council of Great Britain / 165 Picadilly London [illegible numbers] / exhibition CAMILLE PISSARRO 1980 / cat, no. 43 / artist Camille Pissarro / title The goose girl at Montfoucault (frost) / 1875 / owner The John A. and Audrey Jones Beck collection

verso top of frame printed label: THE MUSEUM OF FINE / ARTS HOUSTON PISSARRO, Camille The Goose Girl at Montfoucault, 1875 / 22 3/4 x 26 5/8 / Frame Origin FRANCE, Paris Century 2nd qir 18th Style Louis XV Profile Ogee / Ornament Carved oak [illegible] and flower sight, reed-&-leaf rail, cabochon back; all re-cut in gesso / TR 531-2000[in pencil] / Finish Original mat and burnished water gilding / Stock No [illegible] Date Sight Size 25 x 31 1/4 in. Width 4 1/4 in. / Proposal B original frame [illegible] Overall size of picture in this frame 31.25 x 37.25 in / NEW BOND STREET / LONDON PAUL MITCHELL LTD / Antique & Reproduction Frames Tel 0171 492 3732 / Fax 0171 409 3738
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