The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand

Alfred Sisley · 1875 · Oil on canvas

The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand is an 1875 painting by Alfred Sisley. It was exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in 1900 whilst in the collection of Dr. Georges Viau, a Paris dentist and art collector. By 4 March 1907 it was owned by Durand-Ruel, who tried and failed to auction it on 4 March that year. It was bought by the galerie Bernheim-Jeune in April 1920 and later by Martin A. Ryerson. In 1933 Ryerson left it to its present owner, the Art Institute of Chicago, where it is now in section 201 (Impressionists) on the 1st floor of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Image courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Available as a made-to-order museum-quality canvas print: stretched or framed.