Alfred Sisley
The Flood on the Road to Saint-Germain

ArtistBritish, 1839–1899, active France
CultureBritish
Titles
  • The Flood on the Road to Saint-Germain
Date1876
PlaceFrance
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions17 15/16 × 24 1/8 inches (45.6 × 61.3 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck
Object number74.146
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
222 Beck Galleries
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ProvenanceGalerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, purchased from the artist, January 4, 1880

Ex-collection: Helen H. Pidge, Boston purchased November 8, 1930

Durand-Ruel Gallery, New York, 1930-37

Carroll Carstairs Gallery, New York, 1937

Ex-collection: Mrs. Murray Danforth

Paul Rosenberg and Co., New York

Ex-collection: Madame Jacques Balsan, New York, purchased January 4, 1944

Private collection, kept at Lefevre Gallery, London, 1969

Sold: Sotheby's, London, "Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, April 30, 1969, lot 10

Sold: Christie's, London, "Impressionist Paintings," July 1, 1974, lot 12

Mrs. Audrey Jones Beck, Houston, 1974

Gift of Mrs. Audrey Jones Beck, 1974
Exhibition HistoryMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston, Paintings, Drawings and Prints from Private Collections in New England, 1939, no. 125, pl. 62

The Lefevre Gallery, London, XIX and XX Century French Paintings, 1969, no. 12

Exhibited: "Sisley Exhibition," Toetan Museum, Tokyo, Japan, Sep 17 -Oct 14 1982(LN:82.6)

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated lower left: Sisley 76
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