Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009438Saint-Mammès, Loing Canal
About the Artwork
The small town of Saint-Mammès is located about forty miles south of Paris, where the Seine and Loing rivers are joined by a canal. Alfred Sisley was fond of the area and often painted there in the 1880s, undoubtedly attracted by the low rents, since his poverty had become chronic in the wake of the bankruptcy and death of his father. Sisley rendered this view of the Saint-Mammès-Loring canal with a classic Impressionist technique, using pure color and soft, flickering brushwork that dissolves forms into a haze of optical sensations approximating the effect of brilliant, outdoor light.
Inscriptions
Signed lower right: Sisley. 85
Provenance
Bought from the artist by Durand-Ruel, Paris (stock number 638) on 21 January 1885. Deposited with Joseph Durand-Ruel, 35 Rue de Rome, on 25 February 1885. Bought from Paul Durand-Ruel by Durand-Ruel, Paris (stock number 1442) on 25 August 1891. Sold to Durand-Ruel, New York (stock number 1888). Sold on 10 November 1926 to Lewis B. Williams, New York. Given to the CMA in 1961.
Exhibition history
Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962). Paris autour de 1882 (Paris around 1882). Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Gifu City, Japan (organizer) (November 3-December 19, 1982); Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan (January 15-February 20, 1983). シスレー展 (Alfred Sisley Retrospective). Isetan Museum, Tokyo, Toyko, Japan (March 7-April 14, 1985); Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (April 18-May 12, 1985); Nara Prefectural Museum of Art, Nara, Japan (May 18-June 30, 1985). Sisley. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (July 3-October 18, 1992); Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France (October 28, 1992-January 31, 1993); Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD (March 14-June 13, 1993).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Alfred Sisley (French, 1840–1899)
- Date
- 1885
- Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 46.6 x 55.8 cm (18 3/8 x 21 15/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams from The Blair Trust
- Accession no.
- 1961.262
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