LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

18.11 in. (46.00 cm.) (height) by 21.65 in. (55.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Sisley and dated 85 (lower right)

Exhibited:

Périgeux, Exposition de la Société des Beaux-Arts, 1898 Manchester, The Manchester City Art Gallery, Modern French Paintings, 1907-08, no. 182 (titled The Banks of the Canal) Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Tableaux de Sisley, 1930, no. 55 (titled Bords de canal, St-Mammès) Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Exposition de tableaux par Alfred Sisley, 1937, no. 35 (titled Bords de canal à St-Mammès) London, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., The French Impressionists and Some of Their Contemporaries, 1963, no. 31, illustrated in the catalogue Hiroshima, Prefectural Art Museum & Tokyo, The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Monet and Renoir: Two Great Impressionist Trends, 2003-04, no. 31, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature:

François Daulte, Alfred Sisley, catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Lausanne, 1959, no. 611, illustrated

Provenance:

M. Kapférer, Paris Paul Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the above on 26th February 1889) Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the above on 24th October 1890) Paul Durand-Ruel, Paris (1901-1913) Georges Durand-Ruel, Paris (by descent from the above) Viscount Rothermere, London (acquired from the above on 15th February 1937) Mary, Viscountess Rothermere, London (by descent from the above. Sold: Christie's, New York, 12th May 1999, lot 13) Sale: Christie's, New York, 9th May 2001, lot 9 Purchased at the above sale by the present owner