Live Auction 17192Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Alfred Sisley (1839-1899)
Lot 173

Alfred Sisley (1839-1899)

Sketchbook Containing 22 Drawings

Closed19 June 2019

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GBP 47,500

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Alfred Sisley (1839-1899)
Sketchbook Containing 22 Drawings
six sheets signed with the initials ‘A.S.’; three sheets inscribed ‘Moret’; three sheets inscribed ‘Saint-Mammès’
coloured crayon and pencil on paper
each sheet: 4 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. (10.8 x 17.8 cm.)
sketchbook: 4 3/8 x 7 5/8 x ¼ in. (10.9 x 19.2 x 1 cm.)
Executed circa 1885

Acquired by the present owner in France in 2019.

Specialist note


The Comité Sisley has confirmed 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 Sisley.

Another sketchbook of similar drawings is in the permanent collection of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.

“It is at Moret, in this thickly wooded countryside with its tall poplars, the waters of the river Loing here, so beautiful, so translucent, so changeable; at Moret my art has undoubtedly developed the most...I will never really leave this little place that is so picturesque”
Alfred Sisley