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CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926)
Le panier de pommes
signed and dated 'Claude Monet 1880' (upper right)
oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 32 in. (65.2 x 81.3 cm.)
Painted in 1880
Provenance
Frederic Delius, Paris (acquired from the artist, October 1880).
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, 1 June 1896).
Paul Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the above, by 1901, then by descent); sale, Christie's, New York, 1 November 2005, lot 1.
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 9 January 2006.
Literature
G. Geoffrey, "Chronique: Cl. Monet" in La Justice, vol. 4, no. 1155, 15 March 1883, p. 2 (titled Pommes).
G. Grappe, Paris, 1909, p. 43 (illustrated).
G. Lecomte, "Claude Monet ou le vieux chêne de Giverny" in La Renaissance, vol. 3, no. 1, January 1920, p. 408 (illustrated).
A. Alexandre, Claude Monet 1921, p. 69 (titled Corbeille de pommes).
L. Venturi, Les archives de l'Impressionnisme, Paris, 1939, vol. I, p. 248.
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet Biographie et catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1974, vol. I, p. 384, no. 630 (illustrated, p. 385).
S. Monneret, "L'Impressionnisme et son époque" in Dictionnaire International, Paris, 1978, vol. I, p. 190 (titled Corbeille de pommes).
D. Wildenstein, Monet: Catalogue raisonné, Cologne, 1996, vol. II, p. 240, no. 630 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Catalogue de l'exposition des œuvres de Claude Monet March 1883, no. 5.
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Exposition de tableaux de Monet, Pissarro, Renoir et Sisley, April 1899, no. 9.
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Exposition de natures mortes par Monet, Cezanne, Renoir, Pissarro, Sisley, A. André, G. d'Espagnat, Lerolle, April-May 1908, no. 9.
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Œuvres importantes de Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, January 1925, p. 5, no. 31 (titled Nature morte, pommes).
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings by the Master Impressionists, November 1932, no. 7.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of Masterpieces by Claude Monet March-April 1933, no. 7.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings by the Master Impressionists, October-November 1934, no. 11.
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Exposition de tableaux, Claude Monet de 1865 à 1888, November-December 1935, no. 32.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Monet to Picasso, Still Life, March 1944, no. 12.
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Exposition Claude Monet May-September 1959, no. 27.
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Claude Monet January-February 1970, no. 25.
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