Claude Monet

The highway bridge at Argenteuil



Claude Monet - The highway bridge at Argenteuil



Claude Monet
The highway bridge at Argenteuil
1874
60 x 79.7 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right: Claude Monet
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon


Literature


Catalogues raisonnés
W 1974-1991 312
W 1996 312 info

Collection catalogues
Diane Kelder, French impressionists, from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., New York, 1980, pp. 52-53
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 719


Exhibitions


2000 The Impressionists at Argenteuil, Nr. 28
1995 Claude Monet: 1840-1926, Nr. 37

Provenance


with Durand-Ruel, Paris, sold 1890 Vever
Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris
his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1-2 February 1897, nr. 78), purchased by Georges Petit for de Curel
Marie-Albert, vicomte de Curel (1827-1908), Paris
by descent in his family
de Curel sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, 21 June 1961, lot C, purchased by Hector Brame, Paris for Mellon
Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia, gift 1983 to NGA

External links


National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1983.1.24

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