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Houses of Parliament, London
Claude Monet · 1900–1
Provenance
Ownership history
- Rosenberg, Paris, by Oct. 10, 1916 [this and the following Durand-Ruel, Paris, stock book for 1913–21 (no. 10899, as Westminster, 1903), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 21, 2013, curatorial object file]; sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, Oct. 10, 1916, for 22,500 francs; sold to Durand-Ruel, New York, Nov. 6 or Dec. 4, 1916 [per Durand-Ruel, Paris stock book for 1913–21 (no. 10899, as Westminster, 1903) and New York stock book for 1904–24 (no. 4026, as Vue de Londres, Westminster, 1903), both confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 21, 2013, curatorial object file; The Paris and New York Durand-Ruel stock books record different dates for the sale]; sold to Martin A. Ryerson (d. 1932), Chicago, Dec. 18, 1916, for $10,000 [per Durand-Ruel, New York, stock book for 1904–24 (no. 4026, as Vue de Londres, Westminster, 1903), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 21, 2013, curatorial object file; see also, Durand-Ruel to M. A. Ryerson, Dec. 26, 1916, in which Durand-Ruel informs Mr. Ryerson that they sent, on the date of the letter, the painting Mr. Ryerson had recently purchased, excerpt published in Wildenstein 1985]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor and the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Seven Centuries of Painting: A Loan Exhibition of Old and Modern Masters, Dec. 29, 1939–Jan. 28, 1940, cat. L-132 (ill.).
- University of Chicago, Lexington Hall, Nov. 28–Dec. 19, 1951, no cat.
- Chicago, Remington Rand, window display, Apr. 14–30, 1952, no cat.
- Wichita (Kans.) Art Museum, Three Centuries of French Painting, May 9–23, 1954, cat. 18.
- Park Forest (Ill.) Art Center, Mar. 25–Apr. 22, 1956, no cat.
- Art Institute of Chicago, The Paintings of Claude Monet, Apr. 1–June 15, 1957, no cat. no.
- Iowa City, University of Iowa Gallery of Art, Impressionism and Its Roots, Nov. 8–Dec. 6, 1964, cat. 37 (ill.).
- London, Hayward Gallery, The Impressionists in London, Jan. 3–Mar. 11, 1973, cat. 28 (ill.).
- Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Monet, Mar. 15–May 11, 1975, cat. 106 (ill.).
- Shelburne (Vt.) Museum, June 7, 1984–Jan. 29, 1985, no cat.
- Auckland City Art Gallery, Claude Monet: Painter of Light, Apr. 29–June 9, 1985, cat. 33 (ill.); Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, June 21–Aug. 4, 1985; Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, Aug. 14–Sept. 29, 1985.
- Atlanta, High Museum of Art, Monet in London, Oct. 9, 1988–Jan. 8, 1989, cat. 20 (ill.).
Literature
Published references
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Art Institute of Chicago, 1925), p. 162, cat. 2147.
- M. C., “Monets in the Art Institute,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 19, 2 (Feb. 1925), pp. 20 (ill.), 21.
- Anthony Bertram, Claude Monet, The World’s Masters (Studio/William Edwin Rudge, 1931), pl. 20.
- Daniel Catton Rich, “Französische Impressionisten im Art Institute zu Chicago,” Pantheon: Monatsschrift für freunde und sammler der kunst 11, 3 (Mar. 1933), p. 77. Translated by C. C. H. Drechsel as “French Impressionists in the Art Institute of Chicago,” Pantheon/Cicerone (Mar. 1933), p. 18.
- California Palace of the Legion of Honor and M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Seven Centuries of Painting: A Loan Exhibition of Old and Modern Masters, exh. cat. (Recorder, 1939), pp. 47, cat. L-132; 108, cat. L-132 (ill.).
- Buford L. Pickens, “H. H. Richardson and Basic Form Concepts in Modern Architecture,” Art Quarterly 3 (1940), pp. 275, fig. 2; 277.
- Oscar Reuterswärd, Monet: En konstnärshistorik (Bonniers, 1948), p. 287.
- Wichita Art Museum, Three Centuries of French Painting, exh cat. (Wichita Art Museum, 1954), p. 3, cat. 18.
- Art Institute of Chicago, “Catalogue,” Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly 51, 2 (Apr. 1, 1957), p. 34.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), p. 321.
- Frank Seiberling, “A Guide to the Exhibition,” in University of Iowa Gallery of Art, Impressionism and Its Roots, exh. cat. (University of Iowa Gallery of Art, 1964), p. 7.
- University of Iowa Gallery of Art, Impressionism and Its Roots, exh. cat. (University of Iowa Gallery of Art, 1964), p. 43, cat. 37 (ill.).
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