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Property from the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art
CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926)
Nymphéas
Details
CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926)
Nymphéas
signed and dated 'Claude Monet 1907' (lower right)
oil on canvas
36 ¼ x 29 in. (92 x 73.6 cm.)
Painted in 1907
Nymphéas
signed and dated 'Claude Monet 1907' (lower right)
oil on canvas
36 ¼ x 29 in. (92 x 73.6 cm.)
Painted in 1907
Provenance
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie. and Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris (jointly acquired from the artist, December 1920).
Léon Marc François, Paris (acquired from Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris, December 1920); sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 20 March 1935, lot 6.
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris and New York (acquired at the above sale, until at least 1949).
Gimpel Fils, London.
Jocelyn Walker, London (circa 1957).
Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1966).
David T. and Lisa Schiff, New York (acquired from the above, 10 November 1966).
Albert J. Dreitzer, New York (acquired from the above through Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York, March 1970); Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 November 1985, lot 12.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Léon Marc François, Paris (acquired from Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris, December 1920); sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 20 March 1935, lot 6.
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris and New York (acquired at the above sale, until at least 1949).
Gimpel Fils, London.
Jocelyn Walker, London (circa 1957).
Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1966).
David T. and Lisa Schiff, New York (acquired from the above, 10 November 1966).
Albert J. Dreitzer, New York (acquired from the above through Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York, March 1970); Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 November 1985, lot 12.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Letter from C. Monet to G. and J. Bernheim-Jeune, 1 December 1920.
Letter from C. Monet to G. Durand-Ruel, 1 December 1920.
Letter from C. Monet to J. Durand-Ruel, 2 December 1920.
G. Geffroy, Claude Monet: Sa vie, son temps, son oeuvre, Paris, 1922, pp. 312-315.
L. Venturi, Les archives de l'impressionnisme, Paris and New York, 1939, vol. I, pp. 421-422 and 457.
R. Coe, "Claude Monet in Edinburgh and London,” in Burlington Magazine, vol. XCIX, no. 656, November 1957, p. 385 (illustrated, p. 383).
G. Burn, "The French Impressionists” in The Arts Review, vol. XV, no. 8, 4-18 May 1963, p. 5.
D. Rouart, J.-D. Rey and R. Maillard, Monet: Nymphéas, ou les miroirs du temps, Paris, 1972, p. 161 (illustrated).
R. Gordon and A. Forge, Monet, New York, 1983, p. 294 (illustrated in color, p. 274; titled Les Nymphéas, Paysage d'eau).
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1985, vol. IV, pp. 222, 376, 407 and 433, no. 1706 (illustrated, p. 223).
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1991, vol. V, p. 53, no. 1706.
P.H. Tucker, Claude Monet: Life and Art, New Haven and London, 1995, p. 195 (illustrated in color; pl. 224).
D. Wildenstein, Monet: Catalogue raisonné, Cologne, 1996, vol. IV, p. 781, no. 1706 (illustrated in color, p. 780).
Monet and Matisse: Visions of the Ideal, exh. cat., Pola Museum of Art, Hakone, 2020, fig. 3 (illustrated in color).
Selected Works from Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Sakura City, 2022, p. 22 (illustrated in color, p. 23).
Letter from C. Monet to G. Durand-Ruel, 1 December 1920.
Letter from C. Monet to J. Durand-Ruel, 2 December 1920.
G. Geffroy, Claude Monet: Sa vie, son temps, son oeuvre, Paris, 1922, pp. 312-315.
L. Venturi, Les archives de l'impressionnisme, Paris and New York, 1939, vol. I, pp. 421-422 and 457.
R. Coe, "Claude Monet in Edinburgh and London,” in Burlington Magazine, vol. XCIX, no. 656, November 1957, p. 385 (illustrated, p. 383).
G. Burn, "The French Impressionists” in The Arts Review, vol. XV, no. 8, 4-18 May 1963, p. 5.
D. Rouart, J.-D. Rey and R. Maillard, Monet: Nymphéas, ou les miroirs du temps, Paris, 1972, p. 161 (illustrated).
R. Gordon and A. Forge, Monet, New York, 1983, p. 294 (illustrated in color, p. 274; titled Les Nymphéas, Paysage d'eau).
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1985, vol. IV, pp. 222, 376, 407 and 433, no. 1706 (illustrated, p. 223).
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1991, vol. V, p. 53, no. 1706.
P.H. Tucker, Claude Monet: Life and Art, New Haven and London, 1995, p. 195 (illustrated in color; pl. 224).
D. Wildenstein, Monet: Catalogue raisonné, Cologne, 1996, vol. IV, p. 781, no. 1706 (illustrated in color, p. 780).
Monet and Matisse: Visions of the Ideal, exh. cat., Pola Museum of Art, Hakone, 2020, fig. 3 (illustrated in color).
Selected Works from Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Sakura City, 2022, p. 22 (illustrated in color, p. 23).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Les Nymphéas: Séries de paysages d’eau par Claude Monet, May-June 1909, no. 36.
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Exposition Claude Monet, January-February 1921, no. 36 or 37.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Le jardin de Claude Monet, January 1941, no. 1 (titled Le bassin des Nymphéas).
Edinburgh, The Royal Scottish Academy and London, Tate Gallery, Claude Monet, August-November 1957, p. 59, no. 107 (illustrated, pl. 9; titled Water-Lilies, Giverny).
London, Wildenstein Galleries, The French Impressionists and some of their Contemporaries, April-May 1963, p. 17, no. 44 (titled Water-Lilies, Giverny).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Collects: Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture from Private Collections, July-September 1968, p. 17, no. 124.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Claude Monet: Nymphéas, July-October 1986, p. 174, no. 26 (illustrated in color, p. 56).
Tokyo, Bridgestone Museum of Art; Nagoya City Art Museum and Hiroshima Museum of Art, Monet: A Retrospective, February-July 1994, p. 206, no. 74 (illustrated in color, p. 208).
Sakura City, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art; Kurashiki, Municipal Museum of Art; Sapporo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art and Takaoka City Museum of Art, Les nymphéas de Louis Cane: Regard sur Claude Monet, May-October 1995, p. 98, no. 28 (illustrated in color, p. 99).
Sapporo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Great Masters of 20th Century Art, August-September 2000, p. 158, no. 22 (illustrated in color, p. 57).
Kobe, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art; Masuda, Iwami Art Museum and Nagoya, Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Masterpieces from the Kawamura Museum of Art, July 2007-January 2008, pp. 15 and 112, no. 2 (illustrated in color, p. 14).
Sakura City, Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Arbors of Art: Eleven Rooms Where Paintings Reside, May 2015-January 2016, no. 2.
Sakura City, Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Quiet Dislocations: Notes on Contemporary Art, July-August 2017.
Sakura City, Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, 1990-2025: Art, Architecture, Nature, February-March 2025.
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Exposition Claude Monet, January-February 1921, no. 36 or 37.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Le jardin de Claude Monet, January 1941, no. 1 (titled Le bassin des Nymphéas).
Edinburgh, The Royal Scottish Academy and London, Tate Gallery, Claude Monet, August-November 1957, p. 59, no. 107 (illustrated, pl. 9; titled Water-Lilies, Giverny).
London, Wildenstein Galleries, The French Impressionists and some of their Contemporaries, April-May 1963, p. 17, no. 44 (titled Water-Lilies, Giverny).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Collects: Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture from Private Collections, July-September 1968, p. 17, no. 124.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Claude Monet: Nymphéas, July-October 1986, p. 174, no. 26 (illustrated in color, p. 56).
Tokyo, Bridgestone Museum of Art; Nagoya City Art Museum and Hiroshima Museum of Art, Monet: A Retrospective, February-July 1994, p. 206, no. 74 (illustrated in color, p. 208).
Sakura City, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art; Kurashiki, Municipal Museum of Art; Sapporo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art and Takaoka City Museum of Art, Les nymphéas de Louis Cane: Regard sur Claude Monet, May-October 1995, p. 98, no. 28 (illustrated in color, p. 99).
Sapporo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Great Masters of 20th Century Art, August-September 2000, p. 158, no. 22 (illustrated in color, p. 57).
Kobe, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art; Masuda, Iwami Art Museum and Nagoya, Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Masterpieces from the Kawamura Museum of Art, July 2007-January 2008, pp. 15 and 112, no. 2 (illustrated in color, p. 14).
Sakura City, Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Arbors of Art: Eleven Rooms Where Paintings Reside, May 2015-January 2016, no. 2.
Sakura City, Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Quiet Dislocations: Notes on Contemporary Art, July-August 2017.
Sakura City, Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, 1990-2025: Art, Architecture, Nature, February-March 2025.
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