Bord du Loing, Alfred Sisley

Property from a Distinguished Canadian Collection
Alfred Sisley
1839 - 1899
Bord du Loing

signed Sisley. (lower right)
oil on canvas
46.3 by 55cm., 18¼ by 21⅝ in.
Framed: 62 by 70.6cm., 24⅜ by 27¾ in.
Painted in 1891.

This work will be included in the new edition of the Catalogue Raisonné of Alfred Sisley by François Daulte now being prepared by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau for the Comité Alfred Sisley.

Condition Report:
The canvas is lined. Inspection under UV light reveals no signs of retouching. There is a nail-sized hole to all four corners and some minor wear with associated tiny paint losses to parts of the extreme edges. There are some fine lines of craquelure mainly to the white and blue pigments and a vertical stretcher bar mark. There are some scattered fly spots. This work is in overall good condition.

Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.

Provenance:
Guillaume Ibos, Paris (sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 19th June 1900, lot 30)

Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (purchased at the above sale)

Salon Bollag, Zurich (acquired from the above in 1920)

James Murray, London (sold: Christie’s, London, 29th April 1927, lot 91)

Arthur Tooth & Sons, London

Schoneman Galleries, New York (acquired from the above in 1952)

Private Collection, New York

Marlborough Fine Art, London (acquired by 1970)

Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Luce, New York

John G. McConnell, Montreal

Waddington Galleries, Montreal

Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner in 1975