Claude Monet (1840-1926), La Pointe du Petit Ailly

Claude Monet (1840-1926)
La Pointe du Petit Ailly
signed and dated 'Claude Monet 97' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 7/8 x 36 ½ in. (73.5 x 92.7 cm.)
Painted in 1897

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Provenance
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the artist, 28 November 1898).
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, December 1914).
Jean d'Alayer, Paris (by descent from the above, 1949).
Lady Nicholas Sekers, London; sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 7 July 1971, lot 27.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired at the above sale).
Galerie de l'Elysée (Alex Maguy), Paris (acquired from the above, 15 September 1971).
Stephen Hahn Gallery, New York.
Stanford Z. Rothschild, Jr., Baltimore (acquired from the above, 23 February 1972).
Gift from the above to the present owner.

Pre-Lot Text
Property from the Rothschild Art Foundation

Literature
Letter from C. Monet to P. Durand-Ruel, 25 November 1898, no. 1419; reproduced in D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné, 1887-1898, Lausanne, 1979, p. 297.
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné, 1887-1898, Lausanne, 1979, vol. III, p. 200, no. 1445 (illustrated, p. 201).
D. Wildenstein, Monet: Catalogue raisonné, supplément aux peintures, dessins, pastels, index, Lausanne, 1991, vol. V, p. 50, no. 1445.
D. Wildenstein, Monet: Catalogue raisonné, Cologne, 1996, vol. III, p. 599, no. 1445 (illustrated in color).

Exhibited
Paris, Galeries Georges Petit, Claude Monet, June 1898, p. 5, no. 24 or 25.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Claude Monet, March 1915, no. 7.
(possibly) London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., Claude Monet: British Empire Cancer Campaign, June-July 1954, p. 41, no. 45 (titled La Pointe du Petit Ailly, Varengeville).
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts; The Art Institute of Chicago and London, The Royal Academy, Monet in the 90s: The Series Paintings, February-December 1990, p. 259, no. 65 (illustrated in color, pl. 80).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Claude Monet, July-November 1995, no. 109.