ALFRED SISLEY (BRITISH, 1839-1899)
L'Ecluse de Bourgogne à Moret
inscribed in pencil 'Croquis par Sisley - à Monsieur A. Calmair, témoignage de sympathie - Jeanne Sisley 20 aout 1899' (on card to which paper is laid down)
pencil and crayon on paper laid down onto card
20.5 x 26cm
Provenance
Jeanne Sisley, the artist's daughter
Important Impressionist and Modern Drawings and Watercolours, Sotheby's, 3rd December 1980, lot 198C, where purchased by the present owner's father
Private collection, UK
| Estimate: | £4,000 - £6,000 |
Footnote
According to the Sotheby's sale catalogue from 3rd December 1980, this work was executed circa 1882 and Francois Daulte refers to this drawing, in a letter dated 2nd December 1976, as follows; "c'est sans doute
une recherche préparatoire pour des tableaux exécutes le long du Canal de
l'Ourcq (cf. mon catalogue, numéros 459 et 490).".
Condition report
There are traces of a fold, running vertically to the centre of the work. A few flecks of dirt, upper right but otherwise the sheet is generally sound. No sign of fading to colours.