Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur, the late Cyrus JLawrence, Esq., New York . 69HIVER EN POKTOISE BY CAMILLE PISARRO No. 69CAMILLE P1SAKRO (1810-1903) HITEK EN PONTOISE The picture shows a view of a back lane in the little provincialtown. On the left rise the plaster-covered walls of a fair-sizedhouse and stable, surrounded by a high hedge, above whichrise the leafless branches of some trees. At the corner, a lampon a wrought-iron bracket projects over the street, and on theright a long wall ends in the bare Avails of a newly erectedhouse. The t
Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur, the late Cyrus JLawrence, Esq., New York . 69HIVER EN POKTOISE BY CAMILLE PISARRO No. 69CAMILLE P1SAKRO (1810-1903) HITEK EN PONTOISE The picture shows a view of a back lane in the little provincialtown. On the left rise the plaster-covered walls of a fair-sizedhouse and stable, surrounded by a high hedge, above whichrise the leafless branches of some trees. At the corner, a lampon a wrought-iron bracket projects over the street, and on theright a long wall ends in the bare Avails of a newly erectedhouse. The time is mid-winter, and the ground is thick withsnow. A passing cart has left deep ruts down the little lane,along which a woman in a red cap is picking her way towardsa couple of men who stand talking at the corner. Betweenthe buildings can be seen a haystack and a glimpse of distantfields and trees. Overhead the sky is covered by a pall of greycloud, and another fall of snow is not far distant. Signed at the lower right, C. Pisarro. 1875. Height, 21 incites , length, 28/4 from Messrs. Dirand-Ri i. No. TOGROTTE DE PORT DOMOIS, BELLE-ISLE, 1886 BY CLAUDE MONET No. 70CLAUDE MONET FRENCH (1840- ) GROTTE BE PORT BOMOIS, BELLE-ISLE, 1886 Sheer across the painting runs a mass of craggy rock toppedwith a fringe of fresh green grass, its serrated edges standingout in jagged outline against the summer sky. The peacefulwaters of the Harbor wash the foot of the rock, fathoms deepto the very edge, the tiny wavelets scintillating in the sunsrays with all the colors of topaz, emerald and the opal, stretch-ing to the horizon, unbroken by any sail or passing splashes of color painted with free and unhestitatingbrush show us the wondrous effect of the strong sunlight uponthe face of the rock, split and riven into a myriad facets bythe weather, and reflecting all the colors of the spectrum fromevery tiny point. The handling of the color points, apparentlyso
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