
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00000663Vétheuil
by Claude Monet
Inscriptions
Inscribed lower left: Claude Monet 1901
Provenance
The artist (d. 1926); sold to Boussod, Valadon & Cie., Paris, Feb. 15, 1902, for 8,000 francs [per Wildenstein 1996; see also Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Paris, stock book 15, 1901–18 (as Vétheuil, effet rose), which includes a price code “INXZ,” decoded by the Getty Research Institute’s online database as 8000 francs]; sold to Rosenberg, Paris, May 26, 1903, for 10,000 francs [per Wildenstein 1996; see also Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Paris, stock book 15, 1901–18 (as Vétheuil, effet rose) and includes a price code “PNNXZ,” decoded by the Getty Research Institute’s online database as 10000 francs]. Alfred Savoir, Paris, by Mar. 22, 1922 [per Hôtel Drouot, sale cat., Mar. 22, 1922]; sold at the Alfred Savoir, Paris, sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Mar. 22, 1922, lot 16 (ill.), to Durand-Ruel, Paris, for 5,000 francs [Hôtel Drouot, sale cat., Mar. 22, 1922; see also Durand-Ruel, New York, deposit book for 1908–25 (no. 12664, as Vétheuil, 1901), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 5, 2013, curatorial object file]; on deposit with Durand-Ruel, New York, by Apr. 22, 1922 [per Durand-Ruel, New York, stock book for 1908–25 (no. 4742, as Vétheuil, 1901), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 5, 2013, curatorial object file; see also Durand-Ruel, New York, deposit book for 1908–25 (no. 12664, as Vétheuil, 1901)]; sold to Durand-Ruel, New York, Apr. 22, 1922 [this and the following per Durand-Ruel, New York, stock book for 1908–25 (no. 4742, as Vétheuil, 1901), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 5, 2013, curatorial object file]; sold to Annie Swan Coburn, Chicago, Sept. 29, 1926, for $10,000; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.
Exhibition history
Paris, Bernheim-Jeune, Oeuvres récentes de Camille Pissarro et nouvelle série de Claude Monet, Feb. 20–28, 1902. New York, Brooklyn Museum, Paintings by Contemporary English and French Painters, Nov. 29, 1922–Jan. 2, 1923, cat. 179, as Vetheuil, Messrs. Durand-Ruel. Minneapolis Institute of Arts, An Exhibition of French Impressionist Paintings, Mar. 1–Apr. 30, 1923, cat. 22, as Vetheuil, 1901. Providence, Rhode Island School of Design, May 22–Oct. 23, 1923, no cat. New York, Union League Club, Paintings by Modern French Masters, Jan. 6–8, 1925, cat. 16, as Vetheuil. Waterbury, Conn., Mattatuck Historical Society, Paintings by French Impressionists, Apr.–May 9, 1925, no cat. Art Institute of Chicago, “A Century of Progress”: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture for 1934, June 1–Oct. 31, 1934, cat. 222. University of Chicago, Lexington Hall, Mar. 1–20, 1954, no cat. University of Chicago, College of Humanities, Feb. 27–Mar. 16, 1956, no cat. Art Institute of Chicago, The Paintings of Claude Monet, Apr. 1–June 15, 1957, no cat. no. Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Monet, Mar. 15–May 11, 1975, cat. 103 (ill.). Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Monet: The Seine and the Sea, 1878–1883, Aug. 6–Oct. 26, 2003, cat. 76 (ill.). Art Institute of Chicago, Claude Monet, 1840–1926, July 22–Nov. 26, 1995, cat. 115 (ill.). Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Art Museum, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–Nov. 2, 2008, cat. 82 (ill.). Art Institute of Chicago, Monet and Chicago, September 5, 2020-June 14, 2021, cat. 72.
Publications
Georges Riat, “Petites expositions: Expositions de Sisley et de MM. Monet et Camille Pissarro,” La chronique des arts et de la curiosité 8 (Feb. 22, 1902), p. 59. Arsène Alexandre, “La vie artistique, II: Exposition Monet-Pissarro,” Le figaro, Feb. 27, 1902, p. 5. Charles Saunier, “Gazette d’art: Monet, Pissarro, Sisley,” La revue blanche, Mar. 1, 1902, p. 385. Edmond Pilon, “Carnet des oeuvres et des hommes, Plusieurs paysagistes” La plume, Mar. 15, 1902, pp. 411–13. Tabarant, “La curiosité,” Bulletin de la vie artistique, Feb. 15, 1922, p. 89. Le journal des arts, Mar. 18, 1922, p. 1. Hôtel Drouot, Catalogue des tableaux modernes, dessins et pastels par Bunburry, Constantin Guys, Lautrec, Manet, Marquet, C. Pissarro, Manzana Pissarro, Odilon Redon, Renoir; Oeuvres importantes de Claude Monet; Formant la collection de M. Alfred Savoir et dont la vente aux enchères publiques aura lieu à Paris, sale cat. (Hôtel Drouot, Mar. 22, 1922), lot 16 (ill.), as Vétheuil. Le journal des arts, Mar. 25, 1922, p. 2. Brooklyn Museum, Paintings by Contemporary English and French Painters, exh. cat. (Brooklyn Museum, 1922), cat. 179. Minneapolis Institute of Arts, An Exhibition of French Impressionist Paintings, exh. cat. (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1923), cat. 22. Union League Club of New York, Exhibition of Paintings by Modern French Masters, exh. cat. (Bartlett Orr Press, [1925]), cat. 16. Daniel Catton Rich, “The Bequest of Mrs. L.L. Coburn,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 26, 6 (Nov. 1932), p. 66. 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. 38, cat. 222. Katharine Kuh, Art Has Many Faces: The Nature of Art Presented Visually (Harper & Bros., 1951), pp. vii; 53, pl. 84. Art Institute of Chicago, “Homage to Claude Monet,” Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly 51, 2 (Apr. 1, 1957), p. 24. Art Institute of Chicago, “Catalogue,” Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly 51, 2 (Apr. 1, 1957), p. 33. Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), p. 321. A. James Speyer, “Twentieth-Century European Paintings and Sculpture,” Apollo 84, 55 (Sept. 1966), p. 222. Grace Seiberling, “The Evolution of an Impressionist,” in Paintings by Monet, ed. Susan Wise, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1975), p. 35. Susan Wise, ed., Paintings by Monet, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1975), p. 160, cat. 103 (ill.). A. James Speyer and Courtney Graham Donnell, Twentieth-Century European Paintings (University of Chicago Press, 1980), pp. 12; 58, cat. 3A10; microfiche 3, no. A10 (ill.). Daniel Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné, vol. 4, Peintures, 1899–1926 (Bibliothèque des Arts, 1985), pp. 200; 201, cat. 1643 (ill.); 359, letter 1644; 360, letters 1652, 1655; 427, pièce justificative 162. Andrew Forge, Monet, Artists in Focus (Art Institute of Chicago, 1995), pp. 60–61; 97, pl. 26; 109. Charles F. Stuckey, with the assistance of Sophia Shaw, Claude Monet, 1840–1926, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago/Thames & Hudson, 1995), pp. 136, cat. 115 (ill.); 235. Daniel Wildenstein, Monet, or The Triumph of Impressionism, cat. rais., vol. 1 (Taschen/Wildenstein Institute, 1996), p. 358. Daniel Wildenstein, Monet: Catalogue raisonné/Werkverzeichnis, vol. 4, Nos. 1596–1983 et les grandes décorations (Taschen/Wildenstein Institute, 1996), pp. 739–40, cat. 1643 (ill.). John House, “Monet: The Last Impressionist?” in Paul Hayes Tucker with George T. M. Shackelford and MaryAnne Stevens, Monet in the 20th Century, exh. cat. (Royal Academy of Arts, London/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Yale University Press, 1998), p. 9, fig. 13. Paul Hayes Tucker, “The Revolution in the Garden: Monet in the Twentieth Century,” in Paul Hayes Tucker with George T. M. Shackelford and MaryAnne Stevens, Monet in the 20th Century, exh. cat. (Royal Academy of Arts, London; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Yale University Press, 1998), p. 39. David Joel, Monet at Vétheuil and on the Norman Coast, 1878–1883 (Antique Collectors’ Club, 2002), pp. 196–97 (detail); 198 (ill.); 200. Michael Clarke and Richard Thomson, Monet: The Seine and the Sea, 1878–1883, exh. cat. (National Galleries of Scotland, 2003), pp. 152–53, cat. 76 (ill.). Eric M. Zafran, “Monet in America,” in Wildenstein and Co., Claude Monet (1840–1926): A Tribute to Daniel Wildenstein and Katia Granoff, exh. cat. (Wildenstein, 2007), p. 127. Gloria Groom and Douglas Druick, with the assistance of Dorota Chudzicka and Jill Shaw, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago; Kimbell Art Museum, 2008), pp. 6 (detail); 161; 162, cat. 82 (ill.); 163; 167. Simultaneously published as Gloria Groom and Douglas Druick, with the assistance of Dorota Chudzicka and Jill Shaw, The Age of Impressionism at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2008), pp. 6 (detail); 161; 162, cat. 82 (ill.); 163; 167. “Cat. 42: Vétheuil, 1901” in Monet Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, ed. Gloria Groom and Jill Shaw (Art Institute of Chicago, 2014), https://publications.artic.edu/monet/reader/paintingsanddrawings/section/135470. Gloria Groom, et. al. Monet and Chicago, exh. Cat. (Chicago: Art Institute, 2020), 24, 116 cat. 72, 140.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
- Date
- 1901
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 90.2 × 93.4 cm (35 1/2 × 36 3/4 in.); Framed: 101 × 104.2 × 6.4 cm (39 3/4 × 41 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- painting
- Style
- Impressionism
- Place
- France
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection
- Accession no.
- 1933.447
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