The Path to the Old Ferry at By (Le Chemin du vieux bac à By) (1880)

Alfred Sisley

oil on canvas

Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

Photo credit: Tate

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Canvas

Physical Object Description:

Inscribed: 'Sisley' bottom left

Dimensions:

49.8 x 65.1 cm

Accession Number:

N05144

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1940

Scheme:

Bequest

Ownership history:

Purchased from the artist by Durand-Ruel, Paris, 21 June 1882 ; W. J. Dorflinger, New York, 25 April 1901; with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 31 May 1927; A. Chartol, Paris, 20 October 1928 [exhibited in Tableaux de Sisley, Durand-Ruel, Paris, February-March 1930 (32) as lent by M. Chartol]; with Galerie Zak, Paris; with The Redfern Gallery, London; jointly owned by Montague Shearman (1885-1940) and Sir Rex de C. Nan Kivell (1898-1977) of The Redfern Gallery, London; Montague Shearman (1885-1940), London; by whom bequeathed to the Contemporary Art Society; presented to the Tate Gallery, 1940

Relationship:

Gallery Durand-Ruel, Paris W. J. Dorflinger, New York A. Chartol Galerie Zak, Paris Gallery Durand-Ruel, Paris The Redfern Gallery, London Rex de Charembac Nan Kivell Montague Shearman Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives Montague Shearman

By is a village in France, on the opposite bank to Champagne, a few miles north-west of Moret. Sisley moved from Sèvres to Veneux-Nadon, on the outskirts of Moret-sur-Loing, in 1880 and remained there until September 1882 when he settled in Moret itself. A ferry across the river had been in operation until 1864 and again between 1870 and 1872. Three washerwomen are depicted, a common sight on this stretch of the river.

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Alfred Sisley

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