ID 908344
Lot 513 | ALFRED SISLEY (1839-1899)
Estimate value
£ 250 000 – 350 000
La Machine de Marly et le barrage, Bougival
signed and dated 'Sisley. 75.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
15 1/8 x 18 1/4 in. (38.3 x 46.3 cm.)
Painted in 1875
Provenance
M. Picq-Véron, Ermont-Eaubonne.
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, by whom acquired from the above on 25 June 1892.
Albert Henraux, Paris, by whom acquired from the above on 1 February 1933.
Jean Ribault-Menetière, Paris, by 1957.
Wildenstein & Co., Paris.
Florence J. Gould, by whom acquired from the above on 27 December 1962; her sale, Sotheby's, New York, 24 April 1985, lot 17.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
C.- L. Borgmeyer, 'The Master Impressionists', in Fine Arts Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, Chicago, 1913, p. 213 (illustrated, titled 'The Sluice').
F. Daulte, Alfred Sisley, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Lausanne, 1959, no. 174 (illustrated).
J. Lassaigne & S. Gache-Patin, Sisley, Paris, 1983, no. 139, pp. 98-99 (illustrated p. 99).
S. Brame & F. Lorenceau, Alfred Sisley, Catalogue critique des peintures et des pastels, Lausanne, 2021, no. 163, pp. 93 & 428 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Vincent van Gogh en zijn Tijdegenooten, September - November 1930.
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir et Sisley, 1933, no. 39.
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Paysages de France, November 1945, no. 94 (illustrated; titled 'Le Barrage à Marly').
Bern, Kunstmuseum, Alfred Sisley, February - April 1958, no. 22 (illustrated pl. XI).
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Alfred Sisley, February - March 1971, no. 23.
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| Artist: | Alfred Sisley (1839 - 1899) |
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| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Alfred Sisley (1839 - 1899) |
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| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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