Life in Moret-sur-Loing According to Sisley

Result EUR250,100

Published on 17 October 2020, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 03 October 2020 - 14:30 (CEST) - 22, avenue Jean-Jaurès - 01000 Bourg-en-Bresse

Bought to light in an inheritance, this forgotten painting in delicate autumnal tones created a splash in Bourg-en-Bresse.

Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), Rue des Fossés, faubourg du Pont à Moret-sur-Loing, oil... Life in Moret-sur-Loing According to Sisley

Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), Rue des Fossés, faubourg du Pont à Moret-sur-Loing, oil on canvas, 43 x 55 cm.
Result: €250,100

The painting had languished in a house in the Ain département of southeastern France until the auctioneer Bénédicte Girard-Claudon rediscovered it. It bears Sisley's much sought-after signature on…

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Alfred Sisley frequently and poetically championed the medieval French town of Moret-sur-Loing. This painting with its impeccable traceability adds a fresh note to the series.