Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings Signed and dated (lower right): Sisley 94
Gallery Label Sisley spent the summer of 1894 in Le Mesnil-Esnard at the estate of his friend and patron, François Depeaux, a wealthy Norman industrialist. While there Sisley painted seven views of the Coteaux de la Bouille and the Sahurs meadows adjacent to Rouen. Depeaux bought five of the seven pictures, including the present work.
Provenance François Depeaux, Rouen (by 1901–06; his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 25, 1901, unnumbered catalogue, as "Un coin de prairie en Normandie," bought in for Depeaux by Durand-Ruel; his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 31, 1906, no. 50, for Fr 3,960 to Durand-Ruel); [Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1906–23; stock no. P 8191, sold June 19 for Fr 45,000 to Longuet]; Edmond Longuet, Paris (1923–33; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 3, 1933, no. 84, for Fr 21,000 to Durand-Ruel); [Durand-Ruel, New York, 1933–at least 1949, stock no. 5207]; private collection, Paris (in 1959); Philip and Janice H. Levin, New York (after April 1968–his d. 1971); Janice H. Levin, New York (1971–d. 2001)
Exhibition History Manchester. Manchester City Art Gallery. "Modern French Paintings," 1907–8, no. 179.
Paris. Durand-Ruel. "Sisley," April 16–May 2, 1914, no. 33.
Venice. Biennale. "XXIa esposizione biennale internazionale d'arte," June 1–September 30, 1938, no. 40.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Paintings from New York Collections: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Levin," July 13–September 7, 1971, no. 6.
London. Royal Academy of Arts. "Alfred Sisley," July 3–October 18, 1992, no. 72.
Paris. Musée d'Orsay. "Sisley," October 28, 1992–January 31, 1993, no. 72.
Baltimore. Walters Art Gallery. "Sisley: Master Impressionist," March 14–June 13, 1993, no. 72.
Ferrara. Palazzo dei Diamanti. "Alfred Sisley: Poeta dell'impressionismo," February 17–May 19, 2002, no. 45.
Madrid. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. "Alfred Sisley: Poeta del Impresionismo," June 8–September 15, 2002, no. 52.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "A Very Private Collection: Janice H. Levin's Impressionist Pictures," November 19, 2002–February 9, 2003, no. 21.
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. "Claude Monet – Fields in Spring," May 20–September 24, 2006, no. 46.
References François Daulte. Alfred Sisley: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint . Lausanne, 1959, unpaginated, no. 825, ill.in Alfred Sisley . Exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts. London, 1992, pp. 24, 250, 251, no. 72, ill. in color [French ed., "Sisley," Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1992, pp. 32, 192, 258, 259, no. 72, ill. in color].in "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 1991–1992." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 50 (Fall 1992), p. 47, ill. (color).The Janice H. Levin Collection of French Art . Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2002, pp. 9, 27, 81–83, no. 21, ill. (color).in Christian von Holst and Christofer Conrad. Claude Monet: Fields in Spring . Exh. cat., Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Stuttgart, 2006, pp. 102, 158, no. 46, fig. 77 (color).
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