The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand

La Seine à Port-Marly, tas de sable

The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand

Alfred Sisley · 1875

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

About this painting

Unlike Impressionists who painted the Seine as leisure space, Sisley here shows laborers dredging sand for the barge trade — the river as workplace.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

54 × 74 cm (21.3 × 29.1 in)

Painted at

Port-Marly, France

Current location

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

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