LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

22.13 in. (56.20 cm.) (height) by 26.18 in. (66.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Claude Monet' (lower left)

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Claude Monet, January-February 1921, no. 38 (illustrated; titled Venise). Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Claude Monet, January 1928, no. 74. New York, The Museum of Modern Art and Los Angeles County Museum, Claude Monet: Seasons and Moments, March-August 1960, p. 63, no. 98. New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture Collected by Yale Alumni, May-June 1960, p. 54, no. 55 (illustrated, p. 55). Paris, Centre Culturel du Marais, Claude Monet au temps de Giverny, April-July 1983, pp. 139-140, no. 39 (illustrated in color, fig. 74). Fort Worth, Kimball Art Museum and Brooklyn Museum of Art, Monet and the Mediterranean, June 1997-January 1998, pp. 164 and 166 (illustrated in color, p. 167, pl. 94). Boston, Museum of Fine Arts and London, Royal Academy of Arts, Monet in the 20th Century, September 1998-April 1999, pp. 53, 178 and 283, no. 57 (illustrated in color, p. 190). New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Claude Monet: A Tribute to Daniel Wildenstein and Katia Granoff, April-June 2007, p. 327, no. 53 (illustrated in color, p. 270). Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Venice: From Canaletto and Turner to Monet, September 2008-February 2009, p. 217 (illustrated in color, p. 202).

Literature:

G. Geffroy, "La Venise de Claude Monet" in La Dépêche de Toulouse, 30 May 1912, p. 1. A. Alexandre, Claude Monet, Paris, 1921, p. 110 (illustrated in color, p. 111; titled Venise). Bulletin de la Vie Artistique, 15 February 1921, p. 114 (illustrated). O. Reuterswärd, Monet: En konstnärshistorik, Stockholm, 1948, pp. 255-256 (illustrated, p. 255, fig. 122). G. Bernheim de Villers, Little Tales of Great Artists, New York, 1949, p. 69 (illustrated; titled Venise). R. Jullian, "Les Impressionnistes français et l'Italie" in Publications de l'Institut Français de Florence, 1968, 1ère série, NII-11, p. 19. A. Davis, "Sutton Place Townhouse: Italian Designer Blends Fine Art and Décor" in Architectural Digest, December 1977, pp. 38-47 (illustrated in color in situ in Drue Heinz's home, p. 38). G. Seiberling, Monet's Series, New York, 1981, pp. 210-211, 338 and 380, no. 16, note 43. D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1985, vol. IV, p. 242, no. 1760 (illustrated, p. 243). S.Z. Levine, Monet, Narcissus and Self-Reflection: The Modernist Myth of the Self, Chicago, 1994, p. 179. S. Koja, Claude Monet, exh. cat., Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, 1996, p. 151 (illustrated). D. Wildenstein, Monet: Catalogue raisonné, Cologne, 1996, vol. IV, pp. 825-826, no. 1760 (illustrated in color, p. 825). M. Goldin, Monet: I luoghi della pittura, Conegliano, 2001, pp. 186 and 191, note 17. M. Vallora, "Una Venezia dipinta di parole" in Monet: Atti del convegno, Conegliano, 2003, p. 79 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Galerie Bernheim Jeune et Cie., Paris (acquired from the family of the artist, by 1927). Gaston Bernheim de Villers, Paris (acquired from the above, circa 1934). Sam Salz, Inc., New York. Acquired from the above by the late owner, 17 December 1959.