The Artist's House at Argenteuil

1. The artist (d. 1926); possibly sold to Alexandre Dubourg, Paris, 1873 [per Wildenstein 1996, the Durand-Ruel Archives could not verify this information, as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 5, 2010, curatorial object file]; possibly sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, Jan. 9, 1882 [per Wildenstein 1996, the Durand-Ruel Archives could not verify this information: “Durand-Ruel Paris (stock 2147) achète à Dubourg un tableau de Monet intitulé Son jardin le 9 janvier 1882 mais nous n’avons aucune preuve qu’il s’agisse du tableau du AIC,” Durand-Ruel, Paris, stock book for 1880–82 and stock book for 1880–84; as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 5, 2010, curatorial object file]. Durand-Ruel, Paris, Apr. 29, 1890, for 1,500 francs [this and the following per Durand-Ruel, Paris, stock book May 1, 1890 (no. 277, as Maison de l’artiste), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 5, 2010, curatorial object file; in the same letter, the Durand-Ruel Archives state that they do not know from whom the painting was purchased]; sold to Potter Palmer, Chicago, July 8, 1891, for 5,000 francs; sold to Durand-Ruel, New York, Nov. 23, 1894, for $2,500 [this and the following per Durand-Ruel, New York, stock book for 1894–1905 (no. 1279, as Sa Maison à Argenteuil), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 5, 2010, curatorial object file]; sold to Martin A. Ryerson (d. 1932), Chicago, Apr. 24, 1912, for $6,200 [see previous; a purchase receipt on Durand-Ruel letterhead, dated May 23, 1912, includes this painting as one of several sold by Durand-Ruel, New York, to M. A. Ryerson, photocopy in curatorial object file]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Possibly Paris, Durand-Ruel, Exposition des oeuvres de Cl. Monet, Mar. 1–25, 1883, no cat. no.
• Possibly Boston, American Exhibition of Foreign Products, Art and Manufactures, Art Department, Sept. 1–Dec. 1, 1883, cat. 11, as My Garden.
• London, Dudley Gallery, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, Exposition de tableaux Impressionnistes appartenant à Durand-Ruel, May, 1884, no cat. no.
• New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exposition of Forty Paintings by Claude Monet, Jan. 12–27, 1895, cat. 32, as Maison de Monet à Argenteuil, 1872.
• New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings of Different Periods by Monet, Feb. 8–25, 1911, cat. 8, as Maison de Monet à Argenteuil, 1872.
• Art Institute of Chicago, “A Century of Progress”: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, May 23–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 298.
• Art Institute of Chicago, “A Century of Progress”: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture for 1934, June 1–Oct. 31, 1934, cat. 209.
• Chicago, Lakeside Press Galleries, R. R. Donnelley & Sons, Dec. 27, 1944–Jan. 24, 1945, no cat.
• Art Center in La Jolla (Calif.), Great French Paintings, 1870–1910, June 15–July 26, 1956, cat. 8 (ill.).
• Art Institute of Chicago, The Paintings of Claude Monet, Apr. 1–June 15, 1957, no cat. no.
• Tokyo, Galeries Seibu, Claude Monet, Mar. 30–May 15, 1973, cat. 7 (ill.); Kyoto Municipal Museum, May 19–June 26, 1973; Centre Culturel de Fukuoka, July 11–29, 1973.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Monet, Mar. 15–May 11, 1975, cat. 29 (ill.).

• Foreign Exhibition, Boston, Catalogue of the Art Department, Illustrated, exh. cat. (Mills, Knight & Co., 1883), cat. 11. Simultaneously published in Foreign Exhibition Association, Official Catalogue, Foreign Exhibition, compiled by C. B. Norton (George Coolidge, 1883), p. 214, no. 164.
• Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, Exposition of Forty Paintings by Claude Monet, exh. cat. (Durand-Ruel Galleries, 1895), cat. 32.
• Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, Exhibition of Paintings of Different Periods by Monet, exh. cat. (Durand-Ruel Galleries, 1911), cat. 8.
• Art Institute of Chicago, “Accessions and Loans,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 16, 3 (May 1922), p. 47.
• Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Art Institute of Chicago, 1925), p. 162, cat. 2136.
• M. C., “Monets in the Art Institute,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 19, 2 (Feb. 1925), p. 19.
• Daniel Catton Rich, “The Paintings of Martin A. Ryerson,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 27, 1 (Jan. 1933), p. 9.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of “A Century of Progress”: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture; Lent from American Collections, ed. Daniel Catton Rich, 3rd ed., exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1933), p. 43, cat. 298.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of “A Century of Progress”: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, 1934, ed. Daniel Catton Rich, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1934), p. 36, cat. 209.
• Art Institute of Chicago, A Brief Illustrated Guide to the Collections (Art Institute of Chicago, 1935), p. 28.
• George Slocombe, “Giver of Light,” Coronet (Mar. 1938), p. 22 (ill.).
• Art Institute of Chicago, “Department of Reproductions,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 38, 5 (Sept.–Oct. 1944), p. 85 (ill.).

Water Lilies

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Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare

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Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer)

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Cliff Walk at Pourville

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Water Lily Pond

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The Beach at Sainte-Adresse

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Bordighera

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Stacks of Wheat (End of Day, Autumn)

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