Alfred Sisley (1839-1899)
Lot 259

Alfred Sisley (1839-1899)

Les péniches

Closed10 February 2011

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Alfred Sisley (1839-1899)
Les péniches
signed 'Sisley.' (lower right)
wax crayon and pencil on paper
7¾ x 10 1/8 in. (19.7 x 25.9 cm.)

Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 19 November 1990, lot 136.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

The Comité Sisley confirms the authenticity of this work. This work will be included in the new edition of the catalogue raisonné of Alfred Sisley by François Daulte, being prepared at the Galerie Brame & Lorenceau by the Comité Alfred Sisley.

This drawing was executed on the banks of the Seine near the Ile de la Grande Jatte, as the statue depicted seems to be the now famous Statue of Liberty executed by Bartholdi which was installed there shortly after the large version in New York Harbour.