Claude Monet (1840-1926), Matinée sur la Seine

Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Matinée sur la Seine
signed and dated ‘Claude Monet 97’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
35 1/8 x 36 3/8 in. (89.3 x 92.3 cm.)
Painted in 1897

Provenance
(possibly) Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris and Isidore Montaignac, Paris (acquired from the artist, 1898).
Fairfield Gallery, Connecticut.
Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above, November 1951).
Emily E. and Dudley S. Blossom Jr., Cleveland (acquired from the above, June 1955).
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1986).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2003.

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTION

Literature
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné, 1887-1898, Lausanne, 1979, vol. III, p. 214, no. 1484 (illustrated, p. 215).
D. Wildenstein, Monet: Catalogue raisonné, supplément aux peintures, dessins, pastels, index, Lausanne, 1991, vol. V, p. 51, no. 1484.
D. Wildenstein, Monet: Catalogue raisonné, Cologne, 1996, vol. III, p. 622, no. 1484 (illustrated in color).

Exhibited
(possibly) Paris, Galeries Georges Petit, Claude Monet, June 1898, p. 5, no. 31 (titled Gorge du Petit-Ailly).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art and Los Angeles County Museum, Claude Monet: Seasons and Moments, March-August 1960, p. 62, no. 75 (illustrated, p. 38).
Cleveland Museum of Art, 1985-1986 (on loan).
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.