Alfred Sisley
The Meadow at Veneux-Nadon, 1881
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Oil on canvas, 60 x 81 cm
Signed lower left: Sisley
Inv.-no. MB-Sis-07
The slender poplars with their delicate leaves lead the gaze into the depth of the picture space and give it stability in this wide summer landscape. Through a juxtaposition of shimmering fields of color and a reduction of motifs, Alfred Sisley lends an iridescent vitality and tension to the seemingly monotonous theme. Sisley exhibited the painting at the Seventh Impressionist Exhibition in 1882, in which the group focused on landscapes.
7me Exposition des Artistes Indépendants, Salons du Panorama de Reichshoffen, Paris, (probably March 1–31) 1882, no. 162
Der unbekannte Winterthurer Privatbesitz: 1500–1900, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, September/October 1942, no. 244
Alfred Sisley: 1839–1899, Kunstmuseum Bern, February 16–April 13, 1958, no. 41
Impressionism: The Art of Landscape, Museum Barberini, Potsdam, January 21–May 28, 2017, no. 49
Impressionism: The Hasso Plattner Collection, Museum Barberini, Potsdam, from September 5, 2020
Paris 1863. 1874: Revolution in der Kunst. Vom Salon zum Impressionismus, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne, March 15–July 28, 2024, no. 70
n.d., Galerie
Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York
May 10,
1888, Catholina Lambert, New York, acquired from the above
February
21–24, 1916, Plaza Hotel, New York, Lambert Collection, lot 160
L.
Jellinek, New York, acquired at the above sale
n.d.,
Mr. and Mrs. Schwarzenbach, New York
n.d.,
Lilo Sulzer-Schwarzenbach, Winterthur, daughter of the above
n.d.,
Georg Sulzer, Winterthur, husband of the above
n.d., Private
collection, Switzerland, acquired by inheritance
2003,
Richard Green, London
n.d.,
Sir Philip & Lady Harris, London
n.d., Private
collection, United Kingdom
September
2015, purchased from a private collection
7me exposition des artistes indépendants, exh. cat. Salons du Panorama de Reichshoffen, Paris 1881, no. 162.
Der unbekannte Winterthurer Privatbesitz: 1500–1900, exh. cat. Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur 1942, no. 244.
François Daulte, Alfred Sisley: Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, Lausanne 1959, no. 430.
John Rewald, The History of Impressionism, New York 1961, ill. p. 471.
Wesley Towner, The Elegant Auctioneers, New York 1970, p. 326/27.
Ruth Berson, The New Painting: Impressionism 1874–1886. Documentation, vol. 2, San Francisco/Seattle 1996, no. VII-162, p. 212, ill. p. 233.
The Spirit of Impressionism, exh. cat. Richard Green, London 2003, no. 14.
Impressionism: The Art of Landscape, exh. cat. Museum Barberini, Potsdam 2017, no. 49, p. 17, 51, 157, ill. p. 162.
Sylvie Brame and François Lorenceau, Alfred Sisley: Catalogue critique des peintures et des pastels, Lausanne 2021, no. 470.
Paris 1863. 1874: Revolution in der Kunst. Vom Salon zum Impressionismus, exh. cat. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne 2024, no. 70, p. 262, ill. p. 263.
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