CAMILLE PISSARRO (FRENCH 1830-1903) Travailleurs des champs, Pontoise, 1880 gouache and pastel on paper laid down on board 9 7/8 x 12 1/8 in. (24.5 x 30.5 cm) signed and dated lower right, C. Pissarro 80 PROVENANCE Justin K. Thannhauser, New York Jeffrey M. Loria & Co., Inc., New York (by 1978) Private collection, by 1985 Christie's, New York, May 6, 2008, lot 27 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner LITERATURE This work will be included in the catalogue critique of Camille Pissarro's pastels and gouaches being prepared by Joachim Pissarro and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute. PLEASE NOTE If you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 234. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 2:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 657. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.