La Seine à Ivry, près de Paris

Lépine was one of the first painters of the era to embrace the landmarks of industrial expansion as a subject for his paintings. He painted the present work at Ivry -sur-Seine, a south-eastern Paris suburb wherethe Marne joins the Seine. Here Lépine characteristically depicts the convergence of nature with industry; the leafy and peaceful river bank on the right is in stark contrast to the factory towers on the left, billowing smoke.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Manuel Schmit of Galerie Schmit, who will include it in the next supplement to the Catalogue Raisonné of the painted work of Stanislas Lépine (1835-1892) which will be published at a later date.