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Currently not on display

Claude Monet

Paris, 1840 - Giverny, 1926

Yellow Irises

Date c. 1914-17
Materials and Techniques oil on canvas
Size(cm) 200 x 101
Inscriptions Stamped upper right and lower left (studio's seal): Claude Monet (Lugt no. 1819b)
Credit Line Purchased
Standard ref. Wildenstein 1826
Category Paintings
Collection Number P.1986-0002

Monet's subject range gradually narrowed to the contents of his garden after his move to Givergny and this work is an extremely decorative example of his still lifes during this period. The work exudes a Japanese sensibility with its tall picture plane reminiscent of Japanese wall panel paintings, and the spatial ambiguity of the ascending, undulating lines produces a decidedly decorative effect. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)

Provenance

Michel Monet, Giverny; Baron von Leitner, Paris; Dr. and Mrs. Ralph André Kling, New York; Marlborough Fine Art, London/New York; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bucksbaum, New York; Auc., Christie's, New York, 13 May 1980, no. 61; Stanley J. Seeger; Auc., Sotheby's, New York, 18 November 1986, no. 21; Seibu Pisa; Purchased by the NMWA, 1986.

Exhibition History

1960
Claude Monet: Seasons and Moments, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 7 March 1960 - 14 May 1960, cat. no. 115 (dated as 1918-26, with incorrect dimensions)
1989
The French Modern Painting, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Miyakonojo City Museum, 15 April 1989 - 14 May 1989, cat. no. 7, col. repr.
1996
The Crossing Visions: European and Modern Japanese Art from the Collections of The National Museum of Western Art & The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 20 July 1996 - 8 September 1996, cat. no. 49
2007
Monet: l'art de Monet et sa postérité, The National Art Center, Tokyo, 7 April 2007 - 2 July 2007, cat. no. 82, col. repr.
2010
Monet y la abstracción, Casa de las Alhajas, Fundacion Caja Madrid, 23 February 2010 - 30 May 2010, cat. no. 65, col. repr.
2013
Monet, An Eye for Landscapes: Innovation in 19th Century French Landscape Paintings, Pola Museum of Art, 13 July 2013 - 24 November 2013, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 7 December 2013-9 March 2014, cat. no. 77, col. repr.
2017
Hokusai and Japonisme, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 21 October 2017 - 28 January 2018, cat. no. 130, col. repr.
2019
Monet: The Late Years, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 16 June 2019 - 15 September 2019, cat. no. 18
2022
In Dialogue with Nature - from Friedrich, Monet and Van Gogh to Richter, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 4 June 2022 - 11 September 2022, cat. no. 97

Bibliography

1972
Rouart, Denis; Rey, Jean-Dominique; Maillard, Robert. Monet, nymphéas: ou, les miroirs du temps. Paris, 1972, p. 189, repr.
1980
Lévêque, Jean-Jaques. Monet. Fribourg, 1980, p. 95, repr.
1985
Wildenstein, Daniel. Claude Monet: Biographie et Catalogue Raisonné. Tome 4 (1899-1926), Lausanne/ Paris, 1985, p. 206, no. 1826, repr.; tome 5, 1991, p. 54.
1990
Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. Nos. 21-22 (1986-87), 1990, Mabuchi, Akiko. New Acquisitions 1986-87. pp. 13-14, Catalogue of the New Acquisitions 1986-87. pp. 28-29, repr.
1990
Catalogue of painting acquisitions: 1979-1989. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1990, pp. 48-50, repr.
1996
Wildenstein, Daniel. Monet: Catalogue raisonné. vol. 4, Cologne, Taschen, 1996, p. 865, cat. no. 1826, repr. color.
2007
Monet: l'art de Monet et sa postérité. Lemoine, Serge; Takashina, Shuji; Mabuchi, Akiko; Yusuke, Minami; The National Art Center; Département des affaires culturelles du Yomiuri Shimbun, eds. Tokyo, Le Yomiuri Shimbun, 2007., cat. no. 82, col. repr.
2010
Monet y la abstracción(exh.cat). Paloma Alarcó; Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza; Fundación Caja Madrid, eds. Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza; Fundación Caja Madrid, 2010, cat. no. 65, col. repr.
2013
MONET, An Eye For Landscapes: Innovation in 19th Century French Landscape Paintings(exh. cat.). Tokyo, TBS, c2013, cat. no. 77, col. repr.
2017
Hokusai and Japonisme (exh. cat.). Hakamata, Hiroyo; Ikeda, Yuko, eds. Tokyo, Yomiuri Shimbun; The National Museum of western Art, Tokyo, 2017, pp. 172, 389, cat. no. 130, col. repr.
2019
Monet: The Late Years(exh. cat.). Fort Worth, Texas, Kimbell Art Museum; San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; New Haven; London, Yale University Press, [2019], cat. no. 18, col. repr.
2022
In Dialogue with Nature: from Friedrich, Monet and Van Gogh to Richter (exh. cat.). Jingaoka, Megumi; Shinfuji, Atsushi; Yomiuri Shimbun, Museum Exhibition Department, eds. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; Yomiuri Shimbun; NHK; NHK Promotions, 2022, pp. 179, 263, cat. no. 97

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