The Watering Trough at Marly with Hoarfrost

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The Watering Pond at Marly with Hoarfrost
ArtistAlfred Sisley
Year1876
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions37.78 cm × 54.93 cm (14.87 in × 21.63 in)[1]
LocationVirginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia

The Watering Trough at Marly with Hoarfrost is an 1876 painting by Alfred Sisley. It was owned by François Depeaux, a Sisley collector, and passed through other collections before ending up in that of Paul Mellon. It is now in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, United States.[2] It was painted at

The Swing and Bal du moulin de la Galette series, Berthe Morisot's Champs de blé series and Camille Pissarro's Vues de Pontoise and Toits rouges series.[3] Sisley did not much change his point of view between each painting, but he dramatically changed the background, proving his ability to vary views of a limited section of countryside.[4]

The watering trough became a favourite subject of Sisley's during his time at Marly, breaking with subjects of the 18th- and early-19th-century Paris Salons. Like Pissarro, Monet and Renoir, he showed more interest in its current domestic and utilitarian use than in its status as a remnant of the

Ancien Régime or its past life as an ornamental lake.[4][5]

Context

Sisley moved into 2 avenue de l'Abreuvoir at Marly in winter 1874–1875 and remained there until 1877, exploring the village and its surroundings. A window of his house overlooked the

Chevaux de Marly statues which had adorned the basin had already been moved to the Place de la Concorde in Paris.[6]

Reproduction of the work in the domaine national de Marly-le-Roi above the Marly watering trough

Since the 1990s, a full-size reproduction of the work has been on show near the site on which it was painted as part of the Pays des Impressionnistes project.[9][10][4]

The work shows a winter scene, including the ramp allowing horses to enter the water in summer, although that ramp features more markedly in Horse Bath in Port-Marly (D. 172). Lisa Portnoy Stein argues that Sisley slightly modifies their position and decreases the size of the basin, the better to show the village and its houses at the composition's centre. The work's horizontal composition, compared to the other works in the group, accentuates this impression.[7]

Provenance

  • François Depeaux, Rouen[4]
  • Sold by the Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 31 May-1 June 1906, bought by Paul Durand-Ruel for 8 000 francs
  • Sold on 17 November 1913 to Paul Cassirer, Berlin
  • Dr Curt Hirschland, Essen
  • Wildenstein, New York
  • Mrs Hirschland, New York
  • Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon
  • Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond

See also

References

  1. ^ "L'Abreuvoir à Marly - Gelée Blanche (Primary Title)". Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. ^ "The Watering Pond at Marly with Hoarfrost".
  3. ^ Richard Shone, Sisley, Phaidon, 1992, 2004, p. 85
  4. ^ a b c d Christopher Lloyd, in 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. 180
  5. ^ Anthony Lacoudre, op cit, p. 132
  6. ^ a b Pierre Cabanne, Guide artistique de la France Bibliothèque des guides bleus, ISSN 1776-7938, Hachette, 1968, p. 88
  7. ^ a b Frances Fowles, in Alfred Sisley: poète de l'impressionnisme : Lyon, musée des beaux-arts, 10 octobre 2002-6 janvier 2003, Réunion des musées nationaux, 2002, p. 174-176
  8. ^ Gabor Mester de Parajd, « Le domaine de Marly aujourd’hui », Bulletin du Centre de recherche du château de Versailles [En ligne], | 2012, mis en ligne le 18 décembre 2013, consulté le 12 novembre 2015. URL : http://crcv.revues.org/11953 ; DOI : 10.4000/crcv.11953
  9. ^ Le circuit Pissarro
  10. ISBN 2913328415, 9782913328419
    , p. 141-142
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