Studies of a Peasant Digging (Études d'un paysan bêchant) / Camille Pissarro
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.21
- Title
- Studies of a Peasant Digging (Études d'un paysan bêchant)
- Artist
- Camille Pissarro
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1830-1903
- Medium and Support
- graphite on greenish-yellow wove paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1830-1903
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Impressionist (style)
- Inscription
- Inscribed l.r.: O.C.P.(B)IIia5 Stamped in dark gray (Lugt 613a (?) ), l.r.: C.P.
- Dimensions
- 20.8 cm x 11.8 cm (8 3/16 in. x 4 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- life drawing
- Physical Description
- This quick pencil study shows five sketches of a man digging; he is not seen in a single pose, but these sketches seen from behind explore a number of actions that are part of the digging.
- Subject Matter
- This quick series of sketches done from life would be the kind of studies that Pissarro would later incorporate into a larger work showing men at work.
- Secondary Keywords
- construction equipment
- descriptors
- drawing and drawing techniques
- drawings
- drawings by subject type
- earthmoving equipment
- equipment
- equipment by process
- farmers
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in agriculture
- people in agriculture or natural resource occupations
- people in science-related occupations
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
- shovels
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Rights
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 687 x 1181
- File Size
- 64 KB
- Record
- 1963/2.21
- Link to this Item
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"Studies of a Peasant Digging (Études d'un paysan bêchant); Camille Pissarro." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1963-sl-2.21/1963_2.21.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
