ID 1209468
Lot 30 | CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926)
Estimate value
$ 12 000 000 – 18 000 000
Monet, C.
Saint-Georges Majeur
signed and dated ‘Claude Monet 1908’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 28 7/8 in. (59.9 x 73.2 cm.)
Painted in 1908
Provenance
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris and Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (jointly acquired from the artist, March 1912).
Alexander Cochrane, Boston (acquired from Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris, July 1912).
James Sullivan Cochrane, Boston (by descent from the above, circa 1919, then by descent until at least 1942).
Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York and Buenos Aires (1943).
Private collection, Buenos Aires and Milan (acquired from the above, 1954); sale, Christie’s, London, 11 April 1972, lot 33.
Private collection, Tokyo (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1981.
Literature
Letter from C. Monet to G. and J. Bernheim-Jeune, 29 March 1912.
G. Geffroy, "La Venise de Claude Monet" in La Dépêche, vol. 43, no. 16.016, 30 May 1912, p. 1.
G. Geffroy, “Claude Monet" in La Vie, 1 June 1912, pp. 449-450.
H. Genet, "Beaux-Arts et curiosité: Les ‘Venise’ de Claude Monet" in L’Opinion, 1 June 1912, p. 698.
G. Lecomte, "La vie artistique: Un radieux poème à la gloire de Venise, c'est l'illustre peintre Claude Monet qui nous en donne la joie" in Le Matin, vol. 29, no. 10324, 3 June 1912, p. 6.
A. Michel, "Promenade aux Salons" in Journal des débats politiques et littéraires, vol. 124, no. 156, 5 June 1912, p. 1.
F. Thiébault-Sisson, “Art et curiosité: Une féerie de lumière et de couleur, Venise vue par Claude Monet" in Le Temps, vol. 52, no. 18606, 11 June 1912, p. 4.
“Vision d’art: Venise par Claude Monet" in Le Gaulois, vol. 47, no. 12662, 14 June 1912, p. 1.
H. Gheon, "A tracers les expositions: Claude Monet" in L’art décoratif (supplément), 20 June 1912, pp. 4-6.
G. Geffroy, Claude Monet: Sa vie, son temps, son œuvre, Paris, 1922, pp. 318-319.
M. de Fels, La vie de Claude Monet, Paris, 1929, p. 235.
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné, peintures, Lausanne, 1985, vol. IV, p. 236, no. 1745 (illustrated, p. 237); p. 384, letter 2001a.
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Catalogue raisonné, Cologne, 1996, vol. IV, p. 814, no. 1745 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Claude Monet: Venise, May-June 1912, no. 9-2.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Claude Monet: Memorial Exhibition, January 1927, no. 39 (titled Venetian Scene).
Buenos Aires, Wildenstein Arte S.A., De Manet a nuestros dias, July 1949, no. 156.
Buenos Aires, Wildenstein Arte S.A., Exposición de Impresionistas, June 1954, no. 8.
Sale Room Notice
Please note that this painting has been requested by the Brooklyn Museum and de Young Museum, San Francisco for their forthcoming exhibition Monet & Venice to be held from October 2025-July 2026.
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