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lower left: Sisley. 72.

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Provenance

From the artist 1890 to (Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York); sold 17 March 1892 to Adolphe A. Tavernier, Paris;[1] (Tavernier sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 6 March 1900, no. 74, as Rue à Sèvres); purchased by Berhend, Paris.[2] (Wildenstein & Co., London, New York and Paris).[3] Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1948;[4] sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.

[1]Dates of purchase and sale by Durand-Ruel according to François Daulte, Alfred Sisley, Paris, 1959, no. 44.

[2]Annotated copy of sales catalogue in NGA curatorial files.

[3]According to François Daulte, Alfred Sisley, Paris, 1959, no. 44. According to letter dated 18 June 1999, in NGA curatorial files, Wildenstein & Co. has no record of ever having owned this painting.

[4]Lent by Molyneux to the 1948 Paris exhibition, Huite Siècles de Vie Britannique.

Exhibition History

1899
Tableaux par P.-A Besnard, J -C. Cazin, C. Monet, A. Sisley, F. Thaulow, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1899, no. 64
1948
Huit Siècles de Vie Britannique, Musée Galliera, Paris, 1948, no. 589, as La Route de Louveciennes.
1952
French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist, as Route à St. Germain.
1956
Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, MD, May - October 1956, as Route à St. Germain
1958
Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 1958, no. 39, as Route à St. Germain
1961
French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 58, repro., as Route à St. Germain.
1966
French Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 86, repro., as Street at Sèvres.
1989
Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice, and Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
1990
Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 44, repro.
1999
Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.
1999
Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 49, repro.
2000
The Impressionists at Argenteuil, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, 2000, no. 4, repro. (brochure fig. 10).
2002
Alfred Sisley. Poet of Impressionism, Exhibit Halls, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara; Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 2002-2003, no. 4 (Italian cat.), no. 5 (Spanish cat.), no. 7 (French cat.), repros.
2011
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 2011, no. 48, repro.

Bibliography

1959
Daulte, Francois. Alfred Sisley, catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre peint. Lausanne: Editions Durand-Ruel, 1959.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 328, repro., as Street at Sèvres.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 511, no. 764, color repro., as Street at Sèvres.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 375, repro., as Street at Sèvres.
1990
Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Exh. cat. Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990: no. 44, repro.
1991
Coman, Florence E. Joi de Vivre: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1991: no. 13, repro.
1997
Southgate, M. Therese. The Art of JAMA: One Hundred Covers and Essays from The Journal of the American Medical Association. St. Louis, 1997: 44-45, color repro.
2000
The Impressionists at Argenteuil. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, 2000: no. 4.

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