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Claude Monet (1840-1926)
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signed 'Cl. Monet.' (lower left)
pastel on blue paper laid down on card
9 ½ x 15 ¼ in. (24.1 x 39 cm.)
Drawn circa 1868-1869
Les Nuages
signed 'Cl. Monet.' (lower left)
pastel on blue paper laid down on card
9 ½ x 15 ¼ in. (24.1 x 39 cm.)
Drawn circa 1868-1869
Provenance
(possibly) Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 June 1908, lot 98.
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8 June 1909, lot 76.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris (acquired at the above sale).
Mme Sacha Guitry (Charlotte Lysès), Paris (acquired from the above, December 1912).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 March 1985, lot 3.
J.P.L. Fine Arts, London (acquired at the above sale).
Galerie Salis, Salzburg.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1985.
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8 June 1909, lot 76.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris (acquired at the above sale).
Mme Sacha Guitry (Charlotte Lysès), Paris (acquired from the above, December 1912).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 March 1985, lot 3.
J.P.L. Fine Arts, London (acquired at the above sale).
Galerie Salis, Salzburg.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1985.
Literature
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Catalogue raisonné, Supplément aux peintures, dessins, pastels, index, Lausanne, 1991, vol. V, p. 166, no. P 66 (illustrated).
Sale Room Notice
Please note that the present lot was drawn circa 1868-1869.