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The Market at Gisors

(French (born in the Danish West Indies), 1830–1903)
1887
Medium/TechniqueOpaque and transparent watercolor
DimensionsSheet: 31.4 x 24 cm (12 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Framed: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.)
Sight: 30.5 × 22.5 cm (12 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit LineM. and M. Karolik Fund
Accession number1973.144
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsL.l. in blue watercolor: "C. Pissarro 1887"
ProvenanceAlden Brooks (b. 1883 - d. 1964), Carmel, CA. Frank Perls (dealer), Beverly Hills. Paul Kantor (dealer), Beverly Hills. Norton Simon (b. 1907 - d. 1993), Pasadena, CA; October 21, 1971, Norton Simon and others sale, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 73 [see note]. 1973, sold by R.M. Light and Co., Inc., Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 14, 1973)

NOTE: Sold as "Le Marché à Pontoise," gouache.