ID 770744
Lot 18 | CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926)
Estimate value
HKD 95 000 000 – 135 000 000
Saule pleureur
stamped with the signature 'Claude Monet' (Lugt 1819b; lower right)
oil on canvas
130.7 x 110.5 cm. (51 1⁄2 x 43 1⁄2 in.)
Painted in 1918-1919
Provenance
Michel Monet, Giverny, by descent from the artist
Galerie Katia Granoff, Paris
Sylvia Bataille [Jacques Lacan's second wife], France, by whom acquired from the above in the 1950s
Judith Lacan-Miller, Paris, by descent from the above
Galerie Interart, Geneva, by whom acquired from the above in 1997
Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris
Private collection, acquired from the above on 14 May 1998; sale, Christie's London, 27 June 2017, Lot 14
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Letter from Claude Monet to Gaston or Josse Bernheim Jeune, Giverny, 24 November 1918
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, Lausanne, 1985, p. 280 ( illustrated p. 281) & letter no. 2290, p. 401
D. Wildenstein, Monet: Catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, Cologne, 1996, no. 1871, p. 888 (illustrated p. 887)
Exhibited
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Monet in the 20th Century, September - December 1998, no. 81, p. 284 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to London, Royal Academy of Arts, January - April 1999
Artist: | Oscar-Claude Monet (1840 - 1926) |
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Art style: | Impressionism |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Oscar-Claude Monet (1840 - 1926) |
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Art style: | Impressionism |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
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