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.
Pond at Kew Garden
1892
Camille Pissarro
1830-1903
French
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Watercolor over graphite pencil on laid paper
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)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Bequest of John S. Newberry
65.222
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Markings
Signed and dated, in black crayon, on sheet, lower right: 4 Avril 93. C. Pissarro
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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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.
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