Pond at Kew Garden

1892

Camille Pissarro French, 1830-1903

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About the Artwork

Despite its small size, this watercolor captures the aura of a fine summer day. There is a sense of movement-in the clouds, in the branches of the trees, and In the shimmer of the pond. To best see this work, one must be at least six feet away. Close at hand, details such as the line of plants along the pond become totally abstract. However, at a distance the short fluid strokes of blue, green, and yellow magically combine. The pond with its border emerges, and the luxuriant trees and foliage of a purplish-blue hue take on more defined shapes.

Title Pond at Kew Garden

Artwork Date 1892

Artist Camille Pissarro

Life Dates 1830-1903

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. French

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Watercolor over graphite pencil on laid paper

Dimensions Sheet: 7 × 10 inches (17.8 × 25.4 cm) Framed: 14 1/2 × 17 1/2 × 2 inches (36.8 × 44.5 × 5.1 cm)

Classification Drawings

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Bequest of John S. Newberry

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 65.222

Markings

Signed Signed and dated, in black crayon, on sheet, lower right: 4 Avril 93. C. Pissarro

Inscriptions Inscribed, in black crayon, on sheet, lower left: L'Etang de Kew-gardan [sic]

Provenance

1949, Cesar de Hauke (New York, New York, USA)

John S. Newberry

1965-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

European and American Watercolors from the John S. Newberry Collection. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1960, no. 3.

"Family Art Game." DIA Advertising Supplement. Detroit Free Press, May 20, 1979, p. 5 (ill.).

Fifty-One Watercolors and Drawings-John S. Newberry Collection. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, 1962, no. 58.

The John S. Newberry Collection. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1965, p. 73, (ill.).

A Visitor's Guide: The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1995, p. 247, (ill.).

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Camille Pissarro, Pond at Kew Garden, 1892, watercolor over graphite pencil on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of John S. Newberry, 65.222.