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RALPH FRIEDMAN
CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926)
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CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926)
Le bassin aux nymphéas
signed and dated bottom right Claude Monet 1919--oil on canvas
39½ x 79½ in. (100 x 200 cm.)
Painted in 1919
Le bassin aux nymphéas
signed and dated bottom right Claude Monet 1919--oil on canvas
39½ x 79½ in. (100 x 200 cm.)
Painted in 1919
Provenance
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune & Cie, Paris (acquired from the artist in November 1919)
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune & Cie and Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (Jan., 1921)
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (1922)
M. Dureau
Pierre Durand-Ruel, Paris (circa 1957)
Sam Salz, New York
Acquired from the above February 28, 1966 ($262,500)
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune & Cie and Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (Jan., 1921)
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (1922)
M. Dureau
Pierre Durand-Ruel, Paris (circa 1957)
Sam Salz, New York
Acquired from the above February 28, 1966 ($262,500)
Literature
G. Besson, Claude Monet, Paris, 1949, pl. 59 (illustrated)
D. Rouart, J.D. Rey and R. Maillard, Monet Nymphéas ou les miroirs du temps, Paris, 1972, p. 174 (illustrated)
R. Gordon and C.F. Stuckey, "Blossoms and Blunders: Monet and the State", Art in America, Jan.-Feb., 1979, p. 110
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet, Biographie et Catalogue raisonné, Lausanne and Paris, 1985, vol. IV (Peintures: 1899-1926), p. 432, no. 1894 (illustrated, p. 291) and letter nos. 300 and 311, p. 432
D. Rouart, J.D. Rey and R. Maillard, Monet Nymphéas ou les miroirs du temps, Paris, 1972, p. 174 (illustrated)
R. Gordon and C.F. Stuckey, "Blossoms and Blunders: Monet and the State", Art in America, Jan.-Feb., 1979, p. 110
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet, Biographie et Catalogue raisonné, Lausanne and Paris, 1985, vol. IV (Peintures: 1899-1926), p. 432, no. 1894 (illustrated, p. 291) and letter nos. 300 and 311, p. 432
Exhibited
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Paintings by Claude Monet, Jan., 1922, no. 12
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Art and Science in Gardens, 1922, no. 102
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Retrospective exhibition of paintings by Claude Monet 1840-1926, Jan., 1927, no. 25
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Claude Monet: 1840-1926, May-June, 1952,
no. 107 (illustrated, pl. 29). The exhibition traveled to Paris, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, June-July, 1952, no. 75 (illustrated, p. 60) and The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, July-Sept., 1952, no. 84 (illustrated). Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Monet, Aug.-Sept., 1957,
no. 112 (illustrated, p. 23). The exhibition traveled to London, Tate Gallery, Sept.-Nov., 1957.
Brussels, Exposition Universelle, April-July, 1958, no. 232
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept.-Nov., 1968 (on loan)
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Art and Science in Gardens, 1922, no. 102
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Retrospective exhibition of paintings by Claude Monet 1840-1926, Jan., 1927, no. 25
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Claude Monet: 1840-1926, May-June, 1952,
no. 107 (illustrated, pl. 29). The exhibition traveled to Paris, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, June-July, 1952, no. 75 (illustrated, p. 60) and The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, July-Sept., 1952, no. 84 (illustrated). Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Monet, Aug.-Sept., 1957,
no. 112 (illustrated, p. 23). The exhibition traveled to London, Tate Gallery, Sept.-Nov., 1957.
Brussels, Exposition Universelle, April-July, 1958, no. 232
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept.-Nov., 1968 (on loan)
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