The Beach at Sainte-Adresse

1. The artist (d. 1926); sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, Feb. 28, 1873, for 400 francs [per Durand-Ruel, Paris, stock book for 1868–73 (no. 2585, as Marine, temps gris), 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]; probably sold to Jean-Baptiste Faure, Paris, by 1876 [per Wildenstein 1996; the Durand-Ruel Archives are unable to confirm Faure's purchase, see 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 Durand-Ruel, Paris, Jan. 9, 1893, for 7,000 francs [this and the following per Durand-Ruel, Paris, stock book for 1891 (no. 2585, as Sainte-Adresse), 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 Henri Véver, Paris, Jan. 17, 1893, for 8,000 francs; sold Henri Véver, Paris, sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Feb. 1–2, 1897, lot 79, to Boulley, as the agent for Georges Kohn, Paris, for 9,000 francs [per Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, sale cat. Feb. 1–2, 1897, the Durand-Ruel Archives also confirms that the painting was “acheté à G. Kohn (et non pas Kahn)”; see Paul-Louis Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 5, 2010, curatorial object file]; sold jointly to Durand-Ruel, Paris, and Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, June 11, 1920, for 40,000 francs [per Durand-Ruel, Paris, stock book for 1921 (no. 11701, as Sainte-Adresse), 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 Annie Swan Coburn, Chicago (d. 1932), Feb. 8, 1923 [per Durand-Ruel, New York, deposit book for 1894–1925 (no. 8044, as Sainte-Adresse), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, dated Oct. 5, 2010, curatorial object file, see also a letter on Durand-Ruel letterhead, Mar. 18, 1932, verifying that Coburn purchased the painting from Durand-Ruel] Bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Possibly London, Durand-Ruel, Eighth Exhibition of the Society of French Artists, spring 1874, cat. 142, as Ste Adresse near Havre.
• Paris, 11, rue Le Peletier, 2e exposition de peinture [second Impressionist exhibition], Apr. 1876, cat. 151, as La Plage à Sainte-Adresse. Appartient à M. Faure.
• Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Claude Monet—A. Rodin, June 21–Sept. 21, 1889, cat. 5, as Sainte-Adresse. 1867.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition of the Mrs. L. L. Coburn Collection: Modern Paintings and Watercolors, Apr. 6–Oct. 9, 1932, cat. 19 (ill.).
• Art Institute of Chicago, “A Century of Progress”: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, May 23–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 292.
• City Art Museum of St. Louis, Paintings by French Impressionists (1860–1880), Apr. 17–May 16, 1934, no cat.
• Art Institute of Chicago, “A Century of Progress”: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture for 1934, June 1–Oct. 31, 1934, cat. 210.
• Toledo (Ohio) Museum of Art, French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, Nov. 1934, cat. 8 (paintings).
• Kansas City, Mo., William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, French Impressionist Landscape Painting, Nov. 29–Dec. 30, 1936, cat. 23 (cover ill.).
• Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpiece of the Month, June 30–July 31, 1945, no cat.
• Kunsthaus Zürich, Claude Monet: 1840–1926, May 10–June 15, 1952, cat. 11 (ill.); Paris, Galerie Beaux-Arts, June 19–July 17, 1952, cat. 8 (ill.); The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, July 24–Sept. 22, 1952, cat. 9 (ill.).
• Art Institute of Chicago, The Paintings of Claude Monet, Apr. 1–June 15, 1957, no cat. no.

• Possibly “Notice of the Exhibition of the Society of French Artists, New Bond Street,” Times, Apr. 27, 1874. Reprinted in Kate Flint, ed., Impressionists in England: The Critical Reception (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1984), p. 35.
• Possibly Durand-Ruel, London, Eighth Exhibition of the Society of French Artists, exh. cat. (Durand-Ruel, 1874), p. 11, cat. 142.
• Marius Chaumelin, “Actualités: L’exposition des intransigeants,” La gazette des étrangers, Apr. 8, 1876, pp. 1–2. Reprinted in Ruth Berson, ed., The New Painting: Impressionism, 1874–1886, Documentation, vol. 1,Reviews (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco/University of Washington Press, 1996), p. 67.
• Catalogue de la 2e exposition de peinture [second Impressionist exhibition], exh. cat. (Alcan-Lévy, 1876), cat. 151.
• Emile Blémont, “Les impressionnistes,” Le rappel, Apr. 9, 1876, pp. 2–3. Reprinted in Ruth Berson, ed., The New Painting: Impressionism, 1874–1886, Documentation, vol. 1, Reviews (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco/University of Washington Press, 1996), p. 63.
• Arthur Baignières, “Exposition de peinture par un groupe d’artistes, rue Le Peletier, II,” L’écho universel, Apr. 13, 1876, p. 3. Reprinted in Ruth Berson, ed., The New Painting: Impressionism, 1874–1886, Documentation, vol. 1, Reviews (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco/University of Washington Press, 1996), p. 55.
• Pierre Dax, “Chronique,” L’artiste, May 1, 1876, p. 348. Reprinted in Ruth Berson, ed., The New Painting: Impressionism, 1874–1886, Documentation, vol. 1, Reviews (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco/University of Washington Press, 1996), p. 70.
• Catalogue de la 2e exposition de peinture, exh. cat. (Alcan-Lévy, 1876), p. 15, cat. 151.
• Galerie Georges Petit, Claude Monet; A. Rodin, exh. cat. (Imp. de l’Art, 1889), p. 27, cat. 5. Reprinted in Theodore Reff, ed., Miscellaneous Group Exhibitions, Modern Art in Paris 34 (Garland, 1981), n.pag.
• Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Collection H. V.: Catalogue de tableaux modernes de premier ordre, pastels, aquarelles, dessins, sale cat. (Galerie Georges Petit, Feb. 1–2, 1897), p. 109, lot 79.
• Gustave Geffroy, “Claude Monet,” L’art et les artistes 2, 11 (Nov. 1920), p. 64 (ill.).
• Gustave Geffroy, Claude Monet: Sa vie, son temps, son oeuvre (G. Crès, 1922), pp. opp. 40 (ill.), 59, 62, 71, 118, 262.

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