The Road in the Woods, 1879

Inscription

lower right: Sisley

Provenance

Léon Payen, Paris; (Payen sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29 June 1916, no. 108); purchased by (Durand-Ruel, New York and Paris); sold 1919 to (Bernheim-Jeune, Paris). Lie, Norway. (Galerie Georges Petit, Paris); sold 9 June 1926 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[1] bequest 1963 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1917

Exposition d'Oeuvres de Alfred Sisley, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 1917, no. 35, as Le Chemin sous bois.

1965

The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1929

Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no. 40, repro.

1942

French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 57, repro.

1944

French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1944: 57, repro.

1953

French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 67, repro.

1959

Daulte, Francois. Alfred Sisley, catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre peint. Lausanne: Editions Durand-Ruel, 1959.

1965

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 102, repro.

1965

Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 123.

1968

National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 111, repro.

1975

European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 328, repro.

1984

Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 511, no. 767, color repro.

1985

European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 375, repro.

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