Curves
Medium
etching and drypoint in black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 20.16 × 15.08 cm (7 15/16 × 5 15/16 in.) sheet: 24.92 × 17.62 cm (9 13/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)
Accession Number
2015.19.1354
Art Historical Context
**Curves** (1919) by Orovida Camille Pissarro viewers into the delicate world of early 20th-century print. Created as an etching and drypoint in ink on laid paper, this plate measures 20.16 × 15.08 cm, with the full sheet slightly larger at 24.92 × 17.62 cm. Pissarro, a skilled British artist and granddaughter of Impressionist master Camille Piss, crafted this work during a transformative post-World War I era, when printmakers explored intimate, expressive forms amid broader artistic shifts toward modernism. The dual techniques shine here: etching uses acid to incise precise lines into a meta...