Alfred acquires the second painting from Monet’s Grainstacks series, Grainstacks in Bright Sunlight, from Boussod, Valadon, et Cie., in Paris. During his collecting years, Alfred acquired three paintings from this series. He acquired Grainstacks, Snow Effect from the gallery Durand-Ruel in New York City in 1892. This painting left the collection in 1894, when Alfred sold it back to Durand-Ruel.