Alfred Sisley Printemps à Veneux Oil on canvas28¾ x 35¼ in / 72.9 x 90.7 cm Signed lower left: Sisley Painted in April 1880 - See more at: http://www.tefaf.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=181&dealerid=20&objectid=578467#sthash.5Brmb6iV.dpuf

Provenance:Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris, acquired from the artist in April 1882;Paul Durand-Ruel, Paris, acquired from the above, 1901;by descent to a private collection, Paris by 1959;Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris, acquired from the above, 16th January 1962Sam Salz, Inc., New York, acquired from the above, 23rd January 1962Stephen Richard and Audrey Currier, by 1967; their estate sale, Christie's New York, 16th May 1984, lot 18 (bt. Howard B Keck)Howard B Keck, Los Angeles;his sale, Sotheby's New York, 6th November 1991, lot 4;where acquired by a private collector, USA Literature:G Geffroy, Sisley, Paris 1923, pl.8 (titled Le Printemps)G Geffroy, Sisley, Paris 1927, pl.24J Jedlicka, Sisley, Bern 1949, p.30, no.22, illus. pl.22, titled FrühlingV Gilardoni, L'Impressionismo, Milan 1951, p.152, no.43, illus. pl.43, titled Primavera and dated 1878F Daulte, Alfred Sisley: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Lausanne 1959, no.356, illus. (with incorrect provenance) Exhibitions:Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Exposition de tableaux de Monet, Pissarro, Renoir & Sisley, April 1899, no.134 (titled Le Printemps and dated 1878) Paris, Chambre Syndicale de la Curiosité des Beaux-Arts, L'art français au service de la Science française: exposition d'oeuvres d'art des XVIIIè, XIXè et XXè siècles, April-May 1923, no.224 (titled Printemps and dated 1878) Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Cinquante ans de peinture française, 1875-1925, May-July 1925, no.75 (titled Les pommiers en fleurs and dated 1882) Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Tableaux de Sisley, February-March 1930, no.7 (titled Paysage and dated 1872) Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Exposition de tableaux par Alfred Sisley, January-February 1937, no.29 (dated 1882) - See more at: http://www.tefaf.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=181&dealerid=20&objectid=578467#sthash.5Brmb6iV.dpuf

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