Alfred Sisley - Saint-Mammès, Le matin 1881

Alfred Sisley - Saint-Mammès, Le matin 1881

Saint-Mammès, Le matin 1881
50x73cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 2.82 million
Auction house: Sotheby’s, New York
Sale date: 02 November 2011
Seller: Heirs of William A. Coolidge, Boston
Buyer: Anonymous buyer

Sisley's exquisite morning view of the town of Saint-Mammès, seen here at the confluence of the Loing and the Seine, is a radical departure from traditional landscape painting.