Provenance:The Artist.The Estate of the Artist.Manna Pissarro.O'Hana Gallery, London, United Kingdom. Schneider Gallery, New York, New York.Christie's, New York, sale of May 17, 1984, lot 101.Exhibition:"Summer Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries," O'Hana Gallery, London, May-September, 1969, no. 57.Lot Essay:Camille Pissarro’s early years in St. Thomas (then part of the Danish West Indies) were instrumental in shaping his artistic vision. Born on the island in 1830, he spent his youth surrounded by the vivid tropical environment, an experience that left an enduring impact before he later pursued his education in France. This delicate graphite drawing of St. Thomas offers a rare, personal glimpse into the artist’s formative Caribbean years. The composition quietly evokes the rhythm of island life: a lone figure balances a basket along the roadside, framed by the graceful arc of a palm tree and bathed in the warmth of the island’s sunlit architecture.