Alfred Sisley La Maison sous la neige

Property from a Private European Collection
Alfred Sisley
1839 - 1899

La Maison sous la neige
signed Sisley and dated 78 (lower left)
oil on canvas
18 ⅛ by 24 ½ in.
46.1 by 62.4 cm.
Executed in 1878.

Condition Report:
The canvas is unlined. The surface is richly textured and the impasto is well preserved. Under UV light: areas of inpainting are visible in the upper left quadrant, most notably above the white pigment in the roof of the house and along the upper edge, two of the areas measuring approximately 1 by 2 inches. A few further pindots of inpainting scattered in the sky and snow. This work is in overall very good condition.

Provenance:
Frederik Müller et Cie., Amsterdam, 19 June 1917, lot 52

Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the above)

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired from the above in 1920)

Private Collection

Galerie Schmit, Paris

Private Collection, Germany (acquired from the above in 1982)

Sotheby's, New York, 10 May 2016, lot 403 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner