Lot 10C. Claude Monet (1840-1926), Le Parlement, soleil couchant, signed and dated ‘Claude Monet 1903’ (lower left), oil on canvas, 32 x 36 1⁄4 in. (81.2 x 92 cm.) Painted in 1900-1903. Price realised USD 75,960,000 (Estimate USD 40,000,000 – USD 60,000,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
Provenance: Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the artist, May 1904).
Elizabeth and William Lowell Putnam, Boston (acquired from the above, 1907).
Anna and Augustus Lowell Putnam, Boston (by descent from the above).
Katharine and Harvey H. Bundy, Boston (by descent from the above, until at least 1962).
Private collection, United States.
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1982).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 22 January 1982.
Literature: R. de Bettex, "Échos de partout. Cl. Monet" in La République française, 10 May 1904, p. 1.
R.M. Ferry, "Notes d’art. La Tamise par M. Cl. Monet" in La Liberté, 18 May 1904, no. 13.889, p. 3.
L. Venturi, Les archives de l'Impressionnisme, New York, 1939, vol. I, p. 393, letter 280.
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1985, vol. VI, p. 186, no. 1604 (illustrated, p. 187); p. 365, letters 1723 and 1724; p. 427, doc. 170 and p. 428, doc. 196.
J. Heilpern, “The Bass Reserve” in Vogue, December 1988, pp. 347 and 388 (illustrated in color in situ in Mrs. Bass's home).
C. Irvine, Remarkable Private New York Residences, New York, 1990, p. 11 (illustrated in color in situ in Mrs. Bass's home, p. 10).
D. Wildenstein, Monet: Catalogue raisonné, Cologne, 1996, vol. VI, pp. 712-713, no. 1604 (illustrated, p. 710).
D. Hampton, Mark Hampton: An American Decorator, New York, 2009, p. 132 (illustrated in color in situ in Mrs. Bass's home).
Exhibited: Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Monet: Vues de la Tamise à Londres, May-June 1904, p. 11, no. 28.
Berlin, Paul Cassirer, Monet, 1904, no. 10.
Toledo Museum of Art, Opening of the New Galleries Devoted to the Permanent Collections of Paintings and Sculpture and Exhibition of One Hundred Paintings by the Impressionists, November-December 1905, p. 6, no. 54.
Montreal, The Art Gallery, French Impressionists, February 1906, no. 7.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, An Exhibition of Paintings by Claude Monet, August 1911, no. 35.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Impressionist and Barbizon School, 1919-1920, no. 2 or 42.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Monet: Memorial Exhibition, January 1927, no. 60.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Special Loan Exhibition of Monet, 1962.
New York, Acquavella Galleries, Inc., Claude Monet, October-November 1976, no. 60 (illustrated in color).
Lot 11C. Claude Monet (1840-1926), Peupliers au bord de l’Epte, automne, signed and dated ‘Claude Monet 91’ (lower right), oil on canvas, 39 3⁄4 x 25 7⁄8 in. (101 x 65.7 cm.) Painted in 1891. Price realised USD 36,457,500 (Estimate USD 30,000,000 – USD 50,000,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
Provenance: Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the artist, January 1892).
Henry Sayles, Boston (1892); sale, American Art Association, New York, 14 January 1920, lot 50.
Durand-Ruel Galleries and M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired at the above sale).
Stephen C. Clark, New York (acquired from the above, January 1920); sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 30-31 March 1949, lot 85.
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt F. Pantzer, Indianapolis (1949); Estate sale, Christie’s, New York, 19 May 1982, lot 17.
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 19 May 1982.
Literature: W. Dewhurst, Impressionist Painting: Its Genesis and Development, London, 1904, pp. 42-43 (illustrated).
C. Mauclair, L’Impressionnisme: Son histoire, son esthétique, ses maîtres, Paris, 1904, p. 88 (illustrated).
G. Grappe, Claude Monet, Paris, 1909, p. 59 (illustrated).
C. Léger, Claude Monet, Paris, 1930 (illustrated, pl. 27).
L. Venturi, Les archives de l’Impressionnisme, Paris, 1939, vol. I, pp. 341-342, letter 198.
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1979, vol. III, p. 148, no. 1297 (illustrated, p. 149); pp. 263-264, letters 1128, 1131, 1133 and 1135.
G. Seiberling, Monet's Series, New York, 1981, p. 362, no. 6.
J. Herbert, Christie’s Review of the Season, New York, 1982, p. 119 (illustrated in color).
R. Gordon and A. Forge, Monet, New York, 1983, p. 292 (illustrated in color, p. 166).
C. Irvine, Remarkable Private New York Residences, New York, 1990, p. 11 (illustrated in situ in Mrs. Bass's home, p. 10).
P.H. Tucker, Monet in the '90s: The Series Paintings, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1990, pp. 132-133 and 277, note 35.
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Catalogue raisonné, supplément aux peintures, dessins, pastels, Lausanne, 1991, vol. V, p. 48, no. 1297.
P.H. Tucker, Claude Monet: Life and Art, London, 1995, p. 146, no. 164 (illustrated with incorrect image).
D. Wildenstein, Monet: Catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1996, vol. III, p. 519, no. 1297 (illustrated in color, p. 508).
D. Wildenstein, Monet, or the Triumph of Impressionism, Cologne, 1999, p. 280.
V. Russell, Monet's Landscapes, London, 2000, p. 109 (illustrated in color).
M. Conforti, The Clark Brothers Collect: Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings, exh. cat., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 2006, pp. 138 and 338, no. 301.
Exhibited: Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Monet, March 1892, no. 13.
Boston, St. Botolph Club, Claude Monet, February 1899, no. 14.
Boston, Copley Hall, Monet, March 1905, no. 54.
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Exhibition of Paintings by Claude Monet, August 1911, no. 7.
St. Louis, Carroll-Knight Gallery, Inc., Exhibition of Paintings by American, French and English Artists, 1946, no. 6.
Wilmington, Society of Fine Arts, Exhibition of French Paintings, January-February 1948, no. 29.
South Bend, Notre Dame University Art Gallery, The Great Century: France, 1800-1900, November 1959 (illustrated).
Indianapolis, John Herron Museum of Art, Indiana Collects, October-November 1960, no. 63 (illustrated).
The Dayton Art Institute; Davenport Municipal Art Gallery; Ithaca, Cornell University, White Art Museum; West Virginia, Huntington Galleries; Seattle, Charles and Emma Frye Museum; Phoenix Art Museum; Reno, University of Nevada; The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego and Atlanta Art Association, Monet and the Giverny Group, January 1961-January 1962, no. 26.
Bordeaux, Musée des Beaux-Arts, La peinture française: Collections américaines, May-September 1966, pp. 62-63, no. 69 (illustrated, p. LV, pl. 53).
New York, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., Tribute to Daniel Wildenstein and Katia Granoff, April-June 2007, p. 320, no. 43 (illustrated in color, p. 260).
Lot 12C. Claude Monet (1840-1926), Nymphéas, signed and dated ‘Claude Monet 1907’ (lower right), oil on canvas, 37 x 35 1⁄4 in. (93.8 x 89.3 cm.) Painted in 1907. Price realised USD 56,495,000 (Estimate USD 35,000,000 – USD 55,000,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
Provenance: Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie. and Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris (acquired from the artist, June 1909).
James W. Viles, Chicago (acquired from the above, October 1909).
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, 1910).
Arthur B. Emmons, Newport (acquired from the above, 1911); sale, American Art Association, New York, 14 January 1920, lot 38.
Scott and Fowles, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Helen Swift Neilson, Chicago (acquired from the above, 1920).
The Art Institute of Chicago (by bequest from the above, February 1946).
E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, December 1947).
Gabriel Fodor, Geneva (acquired from the above, 1947).
Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York (acquired from the above, February 1984).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 31 May 1984.
Literature: "Revue des ventes” in Le journal des arts, 21 February 1920, p. 3.
“Mouvement des arts: Collections Emmons, Flanagan Sayles et autres à New York" in La chronique des arts et de la curiosité, 29 February 1920, no. 4, p. 32.
L. Venturi, Les archives de l’Impressionnisme, Paris, 1939, vol. I, pp. 421-425, letters 327-332.
D. Rouart, J.-D. Rey and R. Maillard, Monet: Nymphéas, ou les miroirs du temps, Paris, 1972, p. 160 (illustrated).
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné, peintures, Lausanne, 1985, vol. IV, p. 218, no. 1698 (illustrated, p. 219); pp. 376-377, letters 1885, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1891 and 1897; p. 429, doc. 213 and 217.
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Catalogue raisonné, supplément aux peintures, dessins, pastels, Lausanne, 1991, vol. V, p. 53, no. 1698.
P. Georgel, Claude Monet nymphéas, Paris, 1999, p. 45 (illustrated in color).
D. Wildenstein, Monet: Catalogue raisonné, Cologne, 1996, vol. IV, p. 775, no. 1698 (illustrated in color, p. 774).
J.-D. Rey and D. Rouart, Monet Water Lilies: The Complete Series, Paris, 2008, p. 125 (illustrated).
Exhibited: Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Les Nymphéas: Séries de paysages d’eau par Claude Monet, May-June 1909, no. 28.
New York, Gagosian Gallery, Monet: The Late Works, May-June 2010, p. 112 (illustrated in color, p. 53).
Christie's. The Collection of Anne H. Bass, New York, 12 May 2022.
