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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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