Boulevard Héloïse, Argenteuil

Provenance

From the artist 1890 to (Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York); sold 17 March 1892 to Adolphe A. Tavernier, Paris; (his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 6 March 1900, no. 74, as _Rue à Sèvres_); purchased by Berhend, Paris.[1] (Wildenstein & Co., London, New York and Paris).[2] Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1948;[3] 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, and buyer at Tavernier sale according to François Daulte, _Alfred Sisley_, Paris, 1959: no. 44. [2] 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. [3] Lent by Molyneux to the 1948 Paris exhibition, _Huite Siècles de Vie Britannique_.

Boulevard Héloïse, Argenteuil

Sisley, Alfred

1872

Accession Number

1970.17.82

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 39.5 x 59.6 cm (15 9/16 x 23 7/16 in.) | framed: 63.2 x 85.1 x 10.8 cm (24 7/8 x 33 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection