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''The Grand-Rue in Argenteuil'' is an 1872 painting by Alfred Sisley, previously entitled ''A Street in Sèvres''. It is now in Norwich Castle.
Arts journalist Véronique Prat sees the work's perspective, with the tower of Saint-Denys Basilica in a cloudy sky, as influenced by
The work is first recorded in the Parisian galleries of Georges Petit and Bernheim-Jeune, before being sold from the Paul Dognin collection on 15 October 1928 to Durand-Ruel, who sold it three days later to Morot. It later passed to Dora Fulford, who in 1945 left it to the
Hokusai
, known simply as Hokusai, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. He is best known for the woodblock printing in Japan, woodblock print series ''Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji'', which includes the ...
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Provenance
The work is first recorded in the Parisian galleries of Georges Petit and Bernheim-Jeune, before being sold from the Paul Dognin collection on 15 October 1928 to Durand-Ruel, who sold it three days later to Morot. It later passed to Dora Fulford, who in 1945 left it to the National Art Collections Fund
Art Fund (formerly the National Art Collections Fund) is an independent membership-based British charity, which raises funds to aid the acquisition of artworks for the nation. It gives grants and acts as a channel for many gifts and bequests, as ...
, which allocated it to its present owner later that year.MaryAnne Stevens
MaryAnne Victoria Stevens (born April 1947) is a British art historian and curator. From 2005 to 2007, she was secretary of the Royal Academy.
In 2005, Stevens succeeded Lawton Fitt as secretary of the Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of ...
, ''Sisley: Royal Academy of Arts, Londres, 3 juillet-18 octobre 1992, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 28 octobre 1992-31 janvier 1993, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 14 mars-13 juin 1993'', Réunion des musées nationaux, 1992, p. 114
See also
* List of paintings by Alfred SisleyReferences