He has a deplorable predilection for market-gardens (*Le verger*) and does not hesitate to paint cabbage or any other domestic vegetable. But these errors of logic or vulgarities of taste do not alter his beautiful qualities of execution.

[Jules-Antoine] Castagnary, *Le Siècle*, 29 April 1874

Inscription: lower right: C. Pissarro 1872 

Credit Line: Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection 

Accession Number: 1970.17.51 

Provenance:

Acquired from the artist in 1872 by (Durand-Ruel, Paris); sold between 1882 and 1888.[1] Alfred Bernheim, Paris, by 1936.[2] purchased 1946 by (Alex Reid & Lefèvre, London); sold 14 March 1950 to Lady Baillie. (Arthur Tooth and Sons, London); sold June 1959 to (Sam Salz Inc., New York);[3] sold 26 April 1960 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[4] bequest 1970 to NGA. [1] See letter dated 20 December 1977 from Charles Durand-Ruel, in NGA curatorial files. [2] The painting was lent by Bernheim to a1936 Paris exhibition. [3] Provenance between Alex Reid & Lefèvre and Arthur Tooth and Sons per Joachim Pissarro and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Pissarro: Critical Catalogue of Paintings, vol. II, no. 248. Dated receipt from Salz to Mrs. Bruce in NGA curatorial files.