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Alfred Sisley (artist)
French, 1839 - 1899
First Snow at Veneux-Nadon, 1878
oil on canvas
Overall: 49.2 x 65.2 cm (19 3/8 x 25 11/16 in.) framed: 69.2 x 86.4 x 7.6 cm (27 1/4 x 34 x 3 in.)
Gift (Partial and Promised) of Lili-Charlotte Sarnoff in memory of her grandfather, Louis Koch
1983.98.1
Not on View

Provenance

From the artist 28 January 1881 to (Durand-Ruel, New York and Paris); sold 19 July 1892 to Henri Vever [1854-1943]; (Vever sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1-2 February 1897, no. 105); purchased by (Durand-Ruel, New York and Paris); sold 4 February 1897 to François Depeaux [1853-1920], Rouen. Adolphe A. Tavernier, Paris; (Tavernier sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 6 March 1900, no. 71); purchased by Mancini, Paris. Charles L. de Hèle, Brussels; (Hèle sale, Frederick Muller, Amsterdam, 13 June 1911, no. 12). Robert von Hirsch [1883-1977], Basel, in 1957 until at least 1959.[1] Lili-Charlotte Sarnoff, Bethesda, MD; gift 1983 to NGA.

[1]Provenance according to François Daulte, Alfred Sisley: catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint (Paris, 1959), no. 279.

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