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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.
1990: [Tour Exhibition] The French Modern Art, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Ibara Municipal Denchu Art Museum, 10 April 1990 - 23 April 1990, cat. no. 7
1990: [Tour Exhibition] The French Modern Art, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Cultural Center of Kagawa Prefecture, Takamatsu, 28 April 1990 - 13 May 1990, cat. no. 7
1990: [Tour Exhibition] The French Modern Art, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Cultural Center of Toyota City, 19 May 1990 - 3 June 1990, cat. no. 7
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: Catalogue of painting acquisitions: 1979-1989. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1990, pp. 48-50, repr.
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.
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.
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.

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