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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926)
Le Parc Monceau
Details
CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926)
Le Parc Monceau
signed and dated 'Claude Monet 1878.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 ¼ x 25 5⁄8 in. (54.1 x 65 cm.)
Painted in 1878
Le Parc Monceau
signed and dated 'Claude Monet 1878.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 ¼ x 25 5⁄8 in. (54.1 x 65 cm.)
Painted in 1878
Provenance
Georges de Bellio, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist on 2 June 1878 and until at least 1889.
Victorine (née de Bellio) & Eugene Donop de Monchy, Paris, by descent from the above, circa 1894,
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, by whom acquired from the above on 4 June 1917.
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris, by whom acquired from the above on 6 June 1917.
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, transferred from the above in December 1917.
Private collection, Switzerland, by descent from the above; sale, Christie’s, New York, 9 May 2007, lot 18.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Victorine (née de Bellio) & Eugene Donop de Monchy, Paris, by descent from the above, circa 1894,
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, by whom acquired from the above on 4 June 1917.
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris, by whom acquired from the above on 6 June 1917.
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, transferred from the above in December 1917.
Private collection, Switzerland, by descent from the above; sale, Christie’s, New York, 9 May 2007, lot 18.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Letter from Claude Monet to Georges de Bellio, April-May 1879.
(possibly) Letter from Georges de Bellio to Claude Monet, 12 September 1891.
G. Geffroy, Claude Monet, Sa vie, son temps, son oeuvre, Paris, 1922, pp. 98 & 118.
O. Reuterswärd, Monet, Stockholm, 1948, p. 180.
(possibly) M. Rostand, Quelques amateurs de l'époque impressionniste, Paris, 1955, pp. 13 & 31.
C. Roger-Marx, 'Claude Monet et la féérie impressioniste' in Jardin des Arts, July 1959, pp. 578 & 579 (illustrated).
R. Niculescu, 'G. de Bellio, l'ami des impressionistes' in Revue roumaine d'Histoire de l'art, vol. I, no. 2, Bucharest, 1964, p. 217.
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet, biographie et catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1974, vol. I, no. 468, pp. 316 & 436 (illustrated p. 317).
R. L. Herbert, Impressionism: Art, Leisure & Parisian Society, 1988, New Haven, p. 142.
R. Berson, The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886, vol. II., Exhibited Works, 1996, no. IV-152, p. 115 (illustrated p. 134).
D. Wildenstein, Monet, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Cologne, 1996, no. 468, pp. 187 & 188 (illustrated p. 187).
(possibly) Letter from Georges de Bellio to Claude Monet, 12 September 1891.
G. Geffroy, Claude Monet, Sa vie, son temps, son oeuvre, Paris, 1922, pp. 98 & 118.
O. Reuterswärd, Monet, Stockholm, 1948, p. 180.
(possibly) M. Rostand, Quelques amateurs de l'époque impressionniste, Paris, 1955, pp. 13 & 31.
C. Roger-Marx, 'Claude Monet et la féérie impressioniste' in Jardin des Arts, July 1959, pp. 578 & 579 (illustrated).
R. Niculescu, 'G. de Bellio, l'ami des impressionistes' in Revue roumaine d'Histoire de l'art, vol. I, no. 2, Bucharest, 1964, p. 217.
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet, biographie et catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1974, vol. I, no. 468, pp. 316 & 436 (illustrated p. 317).
R. L. Herbert, Impressionism: Art, Leisure & Parisian Society, 1988, New Haven, p. 142.
R. Berson, The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886, vol. II., Exhibited Works, 1996, no. IV-152, p. 115 (illustrated p. 134).
D. Wildenstein, Monet, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Cologne, 1996, no. 468, pp. 187 & 188 (illustrated p. 187).
Exhibited
(probably) Paris, 28 avenue de l'Opera, 4e Exposition d'artistes indépendant, realistes et impressionnistes, April - May 1879, no. 152.
Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Claude Monet - A. Rodin, 1889, no. 36, p. 31.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings by Claude Monet, March 1940, no. 14.
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Exposition Claude Monet, May - September 1959, no. 20.
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Claude Monet, January - February 1970, no. 19 (illustrated).
Tokyo, Galleries Seibu, Claude Monet, March - May 1973, no. 18 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Kyoto, Municipal Museum of Art, May - June 1973 and Fukuoka, Cultural Center, July 1973.
Chicago, Art Institute, Monet and Chicago, September 2020 - June 2021, no. 22, p. 131 (illustrated p. 57).
Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Claude Monet - A. Rodin, 1889, no. 36, p. 31.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings by Claude Monet, March 1940, no. 14.
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Exposition Claude Monet, May - September 1959, no. 20.
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Claude Monet, January - February 1970, no. 19 (illustrated).
Tokyo, Galleries Seibu, Claude Monet, March - May 1973, no. 18 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Kyoto, Municipal Museum of Art, May - June 1973 and Fukuoka, Cultural Center, July 1973.
Chicago, Art Institute, Monet and Chicago, September 2020 - June 2021, no. 22, p. 131 (illustrated p. 57).
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