Théo van Rysselberghe
Jeanne Pissarro

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Artist Théo van Rysselberghe(Belgian, 1862–1926)Belgian, 1862–1926

CultureFrench

Titles

Jeanne Pissarro

Date1895

PlaceEragny, France

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions25 3/4 × 21 1/2 in. (65.4 × 54.6 cm)
frame: 33 1/2 × 29 in. (85.1 × 73.7 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck

Object number89.390

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

224 Beck Galleries

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European Art, Beck Collection

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Object Type

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ProvenanceCamille Pissarro (US Virgin Islands, 1830–Paris, 1903), Eragny, France, gift of the artist, 1895; Julie Vellay Pissarro (Bourgogne, 1838–Eragny, 1926), Eragny, by descent, 1903 [1]; [estate sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, “Collection Camille Pissarro,” 3 December 1928, lot 89, as “Jeune fille assise dans un fauteuil,” illus. in b/w] [2]; Nico Mazaraki (dates unknown), Paris, 1928 [3]; [Galerie Minotaure, Paris]; [Richard Green, London (after 1965)] [4]; [Galerie Hervé, Paris, 1966] [5] Private Collection, United States; [Briest, Paris, “Importants Tableaux Modernes,” 20 March 1985, lot 38, as “Portrait présumé de Jeanne Pissarro,” illus. in color, on cover and p. 23] [6]; [Sotheby’s, New York, “Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture, Part II,” 12 May 1987, lot 274, illus.]; [JPL Fine Arts, London/Galerie Salis, Salzburg, by 1989]; purchased by Mrs. Audrey Jones Beck, Houston, December 1989 [7]; given to MFAH, 1998.

[1] This was likely left to his wife and heir, Julie Pissarro, upon his death.

[2] Digitized: https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/viewer/67822/?offset=1#page=2&viewer=picture&o=bookmarks&n=0&q= (Accessed by Julia May Boddewyn, 17 September 2024).

[3] Mazaraki was a wealthy Greek collector who lived in Paris and was an important patron of the School of Paris. It seems that he first became active in the art market when he served as an organizer of the Greek pavilion at the “International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Art” held in Paris in the summer of 1925. “On Inauguré: à l’Exposition des arts décoratifs,” Le Matin (16 June 1925): 3; Digitized at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5750952/f3.image.r=%22Nico%20Mazaraki%22?rk=85837;2 (Accessed by Julia May Boddewyn, 10 November 2024).

[4] Richard Green Gallery opened in 1965.

[5] Galerie Hervé had branches in Paris and Montreal and was run by Hervé Odermatt. The 1967 Paris exhibition catalogue does not list an owner, suggesting the painting may have belonged to the gallery.

[6] No provenance is given in the catalogue. [The painting sold for 500,000 frs.]

[7] Invoice from Galerie Salis to Mrs. John A. Beck, dated 6 December 1989. [MFAH Object file, Confirmed by Julia May Boddewyn]

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