{"product_id":"the-harvesters-rest-by-camille-pissarro","title":"The Harvesters' Rest by Camille Pissarro","description":"Camille Pissarro\u003cbr\u003e 1830-1903 | French \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eLe Repos des moissonneurs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Harvesters' Rest\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Stamped \"C.P.\" (lower left)\u003cbr\u003e Gouache, watercolor and charcoal on paper \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Among Camille Pissarro’s most unique artworks, this fan painting transforms a decorative object into a luminous Impressionist landscape. Displaying one of his iconic rural scenes, this rare masterpiece, entitled \u003cem\u003eThe Harvesters' Rest\u003c\/em\u003e, offers one of the most singular and delightful ways of experiencing Pissarro’s celebrated vision. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Inspired by Japanese art and encouraged by Edgar Degas, Pissarro began experimenting with fans in the late 1870s, exhibiting 12 examples at the 1879 Impressionist exhibition alongside his paintings. What was once a decorative object became, in Pissarro’s hands, a highly inventive work of art. Other artists such as Gauguin and later Bonnard also explored the fan format, but Pissarro perhaps embraced it most fully, helping transform the fan into one of the era’s most elegant experiments in modern composition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this example, the sweeping crescent shape of the fan offered Pissarro a compositional challenge unlike the traditional canvas, allowing him to unfold the landscape in a panoramic arc. The harvesters lounge under the shade of a tree, drawing the viewer into the foreground while the farm fades into the distance. The result is intimate yet expansive, offering Pissarro a place to reimagine the countryside he loved.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fewer than 100 fans by modern artists of this period are believed to exist, making each surviving example exceptionally rare. Comparable examples by Pissarro have gone for impressive sums at auction and now reside in leading museum collections worldwide, including the Musée d’Orsay, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Van Gogh Museum and the Brooklyn Museum. The importance of these works continues to receive institutional attention today, with the Musée d’Orsay showcasing an exhibition of 17 Impressionist fans this year.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Known as the \"Father of Impressionism,\" Camille Pissarro was the only painter to exhibit in all eight of the Impressionist exhibitions. His revolutionary approach to painting and thought-provoking compositions had a profound effect on his contemporaries and the future of modern art, and his works can be found in many of the most important museums and private collections throughout the world.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This work will be included in the forthcoming Camille Pissarro Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Circa 1891 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Paper: 12 3\/4” high x 23 3\/4” wide (32.4 x 60.3 cm)\u003cbr\u003e Frame: 14 3\/4” high x 25 3\/4” wide x 1” deep (37.5 x 65.4 x 2.5 cm) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Provenance:\u003cbr\u003e Julie Pissarro Collection, Étude-sur-Epte (the artist's wife; by descent from the artist circa 1903)\u003cbr\u003e Estate sale of the above, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 8, 1928, no. 262\u003cbr\u003e Dr. Georges Viau Collection, Paris (acquired at the above sale)\u003cbr\u003e Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 8, 1936, lot 39\u003cbr\u003e Sale: Hôtel des ventes, Honfleur, July 15, 1989, lot 158\u003cbr\u003e Sale: Sotheby's, London, November 29, 1989, lot 404\u003cbr\u003e Private collection, acquired at the above sale through Leggatt Brothers, London\u003cbr\u003e M.S. Rau, New Orleans \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Literature:\u003cbr\u003e J. Pissarro, \u003cem\u003eCamille Pissarro\u003c\/em\u003e, New York, 1993, no. 218 (illustrated p. 189; titled 'The Picnic') \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Exhibited:\u003cbr\u003e Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, \u003cem\u003eCentenaire de la Naissance de Camille Pissarro\u003c\/em\u003e, February - March 1930, no. 49 (titled 'Les Moissonneurs; éventail')","brand":"M.S. Rau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44819602538631,"sku":"32-2736","price":124500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0083\/2471\/0466\/files\/32-2736_1.png?v=1780953859","url":"https:\/\/rauantiques.com\/products\/the-harvesters-rest-by-camille-pissarro","provider":"M.S. Rau","version":"1.0","type":"link"}