Claude Monet
The Pond, Snow Effect, 1874/75
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Oil on canvas, 60,6 x 81,7 cm
Signed and dated lower left: Claude Monet 75
Inv.-no. MB-Mon-35
After his return from London, where he had sought refuge during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, Monet did not return to the Paris of his student days. Instead, like many of his artist friends, he moved to one of the smaller towns along the Seine that were easily accessible from Paris. Here, figures stroll across an open, snow-covered field in the midday sun, not far from the artist’s home in Argenteuil. Monet captured the carefree moment and radiant light, juxtaposing complementary colors such as orange and blue, yellow and violet.
March 24, 1875, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 15
Paul Durand-Ruel, Paris, acquired at the above sale
August 25, 1891, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris, acquired from the above
January 17, 1893, Henri Vever, Paris, acquired from the above
February 1-2, 1897, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, lot 85, consigned by the above
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie. and Isaac Montaignac, Paris, acquired at the above sale
January 13, 1898, Gottfried Holthusen, Hamburg, acquired from the above
n.d., Richard Semmel, Berlin
June 13, 1933, Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, lot 21, as Neige à Argenteuil, consigned by the above, unsold
n.d., Philippe Leary, Strasbourg and Paris
n.d., Private collection, France, by descent from the above
May 12, 2022, Christie's, New York, lot 18c, consigned by the above
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