• Printemps a Veneux (1880) is exceptionally large relative to other Sisley works and is beautifully rendered. The condition of the painting is excellent.
• This painting sold at auction 7 years ago for $3,259,750.
• Over the past 20 years, only 5 comparable paintings of this rare large size have sold at auction. They all achieved prices above $3m.
• The graph prepared by Art Market Research shows that the Impressionism market has gone up at a 6.1% annual rate of return since 1976.
• There are a finite number of exceptional Impressionist paintings available. Every year, works by Sisley, Monet, Caillebotte, and other notable French Impressionists are acquired by museums for permanent collections.