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Alfred Sisley

Boulevard Héloïse, Argenteuil, 1872

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 82

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 39.5 x 59.6 cm (15 9/16 x 23 7/16 in.)

framed: 63.2 x 85.1 x 10.8 cm (24 7/8 x 33 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.17.82

Artists / Makers

Alfred Sisley (artist) French, 1839 - 1899

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Inscription

lower left: Sisley. 72.

Provenance

From the artist 1890 to (Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York); sold 17 March 1892 to Adolphe A. Tavernier, Paris; (his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 6 March 1900, no. 74, as Rue à Sèvres); purchased by Berhend, Paris.[1] (Wildenstein & Co., London, New York and Paris).[2] Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1948;[3] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.

[1] Dates of purchase and sale by Durand-Ruel, and buyer at Tavernier sale according to François Daulte, Alfred Sisley, Paris, 1959: no. 44.

[2] According to François Daulte, Alfred Sisley, Paris, 1959, no. 44. According to letter dated 18 June 1999, in NGA curatorial files, Wildenstein & Co. has no record of ever having owned this painting.

[3] Lent by Molyneux to the 1948 Paris exhibition, Huite Siècles de Vie Britannique.

Associated Names

Berhend
Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.
Durand-Ruel et Cie
Galerie Georges Petit
Molyneux, Edward H., Captain
Tavernier, Adolphe A.
Wildenstein & Co., Inc.

Exhibition History

1899: Tableaux par P.-A Besnard, J -C. Cazin, C. Monet, A. Sisley, F. Thaulow, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1899, no. 64

1948: Huit Siècles de Vie Britannique, Musée Galliera, Paris, 1948, no. 589, as La Route de Louveciennes.

1952: French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist, as Route à St. Germain.

1956: Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, MD, May - October 1956, as Route à St. Germain

1958: Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 1958, no. 39, as Route à St. Germain

1961: French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 58, repro., as Route à St. Germain.

1966: French Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 86, repro., as Street at Sèvres.

1989: Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1990: Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 44, repro.

1999: Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.

1999: Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 49, repro.

2000: The Impressionists at Argenteuil, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, 2000, no. 4, repro. (brochure fig. 10).

2002: Alfred Sisley. Poet of Impressionism, Exhibit Halls, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara; Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 2002-2003, no. 4 (Italian cat.), no. 5 (Spanish cat.), no. 7 (French cat.), repros.

2011: Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 2011, no. 48, repro.

2013: Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016.

2017: Alfred Sisley (1839-1899): Impressionist Master, Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Greenwich, Connecticut; Hôtel de Caumont, Centre d'Art, Aix-en-Provence, 2017, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

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

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

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 511, no. 764, color repro., as Street at Sèvres.

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

1990: Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum. Exh. cat. Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990: no. 44, repro.

1991: Coman, Florence E. Joie de Vivre: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1991: no. 13, repro.

1997: Southgate, M. Therese. The Art of JAMA: One Hundred Covers and Essays from The Journal of the American Medical Association. St. Louis, 1997: 44-45, color repro.

2000: Tucker, Paul Hayes The Impressionists at Argenteuil. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. Washington and Hartford, 2000: no. 4.