Claude Monet (1840-1926), Saule pleureur

Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Saule pleureur
stamped with the signature 'Claude Monet' (Lugt 1819b; lower right); stamped again 'Claude Monet' (Lugt 1819b; on the reverse)
oil on canvas
51 3/8 x 43 3/8 in. (130.5 x 110.2 cm.)
Painted in 1918-1919

Provenance

Michel Monet, Giverny, by descent from the artist.
Katia Granoff, Paris, until 1950.
Private collection, France, by whom acquired in the 1950s, and thence by descent.
Galerie Malingue Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner on 14 May 1998.

THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTOR