The Artist's Garden in Argenteuil (A Corner of the Garden with Dahlias)

Provenance

Purchased December 1873 from the artist by (Durand-Ruel, Paris). Baroux Collection. (Durand-Ruel, Paris), in 1896; Pierre Durand-Ruel [d. 1961] from 1941; his widow, later Mrs. David O. Selznick, New York.[1] (Sam Salz, New York), in 1965. Mr. and Mrs. Konrad H. Matthaei, c. 1966. (Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York); sold 1970 to Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Levin, New York;[2] gift (partial and promised) 1991 to NGA, gift completed 2001. [1] Provenance according to Wildenstein 1974 catalogue raisonné, volume 1, no. 286. Additional information provided from the Durand-Ruel archives, courtesy of the National Gallery, London (email dated 1 December 2014 in NGA curatorial files). [2] According to Janice Levin, quoted in _The Washington Post_, 21 March 1991 (copy in NGA curatorial files).

The Artist's Garden in Argenteuil (A Corner of the Garden with Dahlias)

Monet, Claude

1873

Accession Number

1991.27.1

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 61 x 82.5 cm (24 x 32 1/2 in.) | framed: 94.6 x 114.3 x 8.8 cm (37 1/4 x 45 x 3 7/16 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Janice H. Levin, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art