The Lock at Pontoise

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The Lock at Pontoise

Camille PissarroLinkedCulture matchlcp-26e598d91b53

Date
1872
Medium
oil on fabric
Culture
France, 19th century
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
155626

Pissarro was instrumental in developing the radically new Impressionist technique of painting quickly outdoors to capture fleeting effects of light and atmosphere. The rushing water and overcast sky in this view of a river lock near the artist’s home at Pontoise, a rural commune about 17 miles northwest of Paris, are rendered with rapid, broken brushstrokes of pure color. Painting directly on canvas without preliminary drawing, Pissarro may have executed this work in a single session. The shimmering surface of broken color conveys the sensation of natural, outdoor light. The river portrayed here is 212 miles (341 km) long.

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Credit line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Provenance
Until 1900: Charles Guasco | 1900: (Guasco sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 11, 1900 (no. 60), sold to Louis Schoengrün, Paris | 1900-1901: Louis Schoengrün, Paris | 1901: (Schoengrün sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Feb. 7, 1901 (no. 27), sold to Max Behrendt) | 1901-at least 1939: Max Behrendt, Paris | ?: Possibly Gouin collection, Paris | Until 1951: Mrs. Carmona, sold to Wildenstein | 1951-1955: (Wildenstein & Co., New York, sold to Eleanor Allen Cunningham) | 1955-1961: Eleanor Allen (Lamont) Cunningham [1910-1961], Hartford, CT, by descent to her son, Charles Cunningham, Jr | 1961-: Charles Cunningham, Jr. | Until 1990: (Artemis Fine Arts/David Carritt, Ltd., London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1990-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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