ID 1303684
Lot 8 | CLAUDE MONET (1840 - 1926)
Estimate value
HKD 200 000 000 – 280 000 000
Nymphéas
stamped with signature 'Claude Monet' (Lugt 1819b; lower right); stamped again with signature 'Claude Monet' (Lugt 1819b; on the reverse)
oil on canvas
73.3 x 101 cm. (28 7/8 x 39 3/4 in.)
Painted circa 1897-1899
Provenance
Michel Monet, Giverny, by descent from the artist
Private collection, France, by descent from the above
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
G. Bachelard, "Les nymphéas ou Les surprises d'une aube d'été" in Verve, vol. VII, nos. 27 & 28, Paris, 1952, p. 59 (illustrated).
D. Rouart, J.-D. Rey & R. Maillard, Monet, Nymphéas, ou les miroirs du temps, Paris, 1972, p. 185 (illustrated).
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, Peintures, 1899-1926, Lausanne & Paris, 1985, no. 1505, p. 150 (illustrated p.151).
D. Wildenstein, Monet: Catalogue raisonné, vol. III, Nos. 969 - 1595, Cologne, 1996, no. 1505, p. 635 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Basel, Kunsthalle, Impressionisten, Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, Vorläufer und Zeitgenossen, September - November 1949, no. 200, p. 36 (titled 'zwei seerosen').
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Claude Monet, May - June 1952, no. 118, p. 24.
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Claude Monet, July - September 1952, no. 88.
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Claude Monet, August - September 1957, no. 106, p. 59 (illustrated pl. 23 f; incorrectly dated 'circa 1905'); this exhibition later travelled to London, Tate Gallery, September - November 1957.
Portland, Museum of Art, on long term loan from June 2015 - January 2021.
Louisville, Speed Art Museum, on long term loan from February 2022 – August 2024.
Artist: | Oscar-Claude Monet (1840 - 1926) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Impressionism |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Artist: | Oscar-Claude Monet (1840 - 1926) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Impressionism |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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