ID 1059650
Lot 768 | ALFRED SISLEY (1839-1899)
Estimate value
$ 600 000 – 900 000
La maison de Sisley, rue de la Princesse, Louveciennes
signed 'Sisley' (lower left)
oil on canvas
15 ¼ x 21 5⁄8 in. (38.8 x 54.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1873
Provenance
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the artist, 1877).
Jean and Marie-Louise d'Alayer de Costemore d'Arc (née Durand-Ruel), Paris (by descent from the above).
Wildenstein & Co. Inc., Paris and New York (acquired from the above, 1956).
Acquired from the above by the Phillips family, January 1957.
Literature
F. Fénéon, "Les grands collectionneurs" in Le bulletin de la vie artistique, 15 April 1920, vol. 1, no. 10, p. 266 (illustrated; dated 1875 and titled Rue à Louveciennes).
F. Daulte, Alfred Sisley: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Lausanne, 1959, p. 96, no. 167 (illustrated, p. 97; dated 1875 and titled Une rue à Louveciennes).
J. Rewald, The History of Impressionism, New York, 1961, p. 365 (illustrated in color; dated 1875 and titled Road at Louveciennes).
R. Shone, Sisley, London, 1992, p. 62, no. 30 (illustrated in color, p. 63; dated 1875 and titled Street in Louveciennes [Rue de la Princesse]).
R. Shone, Sisley, London, 2002, pp. 66-67, no. 18 (illustrated in color).
R. Pickvance "Sisley's House at Louveciennes" in The Burlington Magazine, April 2014, vol. 156, no. 1333, p. 237, no. 32 (illustrated in color; dated circa 1872).
S. Brame and F. Lorenceau, Alfred Sisley: Catalogue critique des peintures et des pastels, Paris, 2021, pp. 65 and 417, no. 79 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Tableaux de Monet, Pissarro, Renoir et Sisley, April 1899, no. 125 (titled Route aux environs de Louveciennes).
London, Grafton Galleries, Pictures by Boudin, Cezanne, Degas, Manet, Monet, Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, January-February 1905, p. 38, no. 280 (illustrated; dated 1874 and titled A Street at Louveciennes).
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paysages par Monet, Pissarro, Renoir et Sisley, January 1933, no. 38.
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Alfred Sisley, January-February 1937, no. 10 (dated 1874 and titled Rue à Louveciennes).
New York, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., Olympia's Progeny, October-November 1965, no. 15 (illustrated; dated 1875 and titled Une rue à Louveciennes).
New York, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., One Hundred Years of Impressionism: A Tribute to Durand-Ruel, April-May 1970, no. 27 (illustrated; dated 1875 and titled Une rue à Louveciennes).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Art Institute of Chicago and Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, L'Impressionnisme et le paysage français, June 1984-April 1985, p. 88, no. 21 (illustrated in color, p. 89; dated 1872-1873 and titled La route à Louveciennes).
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art; Fukuoka Art Museum and Nara Prefectural Museum, Retrospective Alfred Sisley, March-June 1985, p. 148, no. 18 (illustrated in color; dated 1872 and titled Une rue à Louveciennes).
London, Royal Academy of Arts; Paris, Musée d'Orsay and Baltimore, The Walters Art Gallery, Alfred Sisley, July 1992-June 1993, p. 118, no. 18 (illustrated in color, p. 119).
Greenwich, Bruce Museum, Alfred Sisley: L'Impressionniste, January-May 2017, p. 96 (illustrated in color).
Further details
After the pre-sale exhibition, this lot will be transferred to storage in Delaware and will be available for shipment from Delaware. Please note that title to the lot will transfer to the buyer in accordance with the Conditions of Sale while the lot is in storage in Delaware. Contact Christie’s Client Service team at +1 212 636 2000 for further details.
Artist: | Alfred Sisley (1839 - 1899) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Impressionism |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Alfred Sisley (1839 - 1899) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Impressionism |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
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