Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings Signed and dated (lower right): Claude Monet / 99
Gallery Label In 1893, Monet, a passionate horticulturist, purchased land with a pond near his property in Giverny, intending to build something "for the pleasure of the eye and also for motifs to paint." The result was his water-lily garden. In 1899, he began a series of eighteen views of the wooden footbridge over the pond, completing twelve paintings, including the present one, that summer. The vertical format of the picture, unusual in this series, gives prominence to the water lilies and their reflections on the pond.
Provenance [Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1900–1901; bought from the artist on January 25, 1900; stock no. 5632; sold on January 9, 1901 to Durand-Ruel, New York]; [Durand-Ruel, New York, 1901; stock no. 2458; sold on January 26, 1901 to Havemeyer]; Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, New York (1901–his d. 1907; on deposit with Durand-Ruel, January 26–July 10, 1901); Mrs. H. O. (Louisine W.) Havemeyer, New York (1907–d. 1929; on deposit with Durand-Ruel, November 30, 1908–August 20, 1909; cat., 1931, pp. 156–57, ill., as "Landscape—Bridge and Pond Lilies")
Exhibition History Paris. Durand-Ruel. "Oeuvres récentes de Claude Monet," November 22–December 15, 1900, no. 12 [see Ref. Wildenstein 1985].
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The H. O. Havemeyer Collection," March 10–November 2, 1930, no. 88 (as "Bridge over Pool of Pond Lilies") [2nd ed., 1958, no. 169].
Lexington. University Art Gallery, University of Kentucky. "The Nineteenth-Century Landscape," October 16–November 16, 1955, no catalogue.
Haus der Kunst München. "World Cultures and Modern Art," June 16–September 30, 1972, no. 682.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Impressionism: A Centenary Exhibition," December 12, 1974–February 10, 1975, not in catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Monet's Years at Giverny: Beyond Impressionism," April 19–July 9, 1978, no. 31.
Saint Louis Art Museum. "Monet's Years at Giverny: Beyond Impressionism," August 1–October 8, 1978, no. 31.
Kunstmuseum Basel. "Claude Monet: Nymphéas," July 20–October 19, 1986, no. 9 (as "Le bassin des nymphéas").
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Monet in the 90s: The Series Paintings," February 7–April 29,1990, no. 90 (as "The Water Lily Pond [Japanese Bridge]").
Art Institute of Chicago. "Monet in the 90s: The Series Paintings," May 19–August 24, 1990, no. 90 (as "The Water Lily Pond [Japanese Bridge]").
London. Royal Academy of Arts. "Monet in the 90s: The Series Paintings," September 7–December 9, 1990, no. 90 (as "The Water Lily Pond [Japanese Bridge]").
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection," March 27–June 20, 1993, no. A414.
Paris. Musée National de l'Orangerie. "Monet: Le cycle des Nymphéas," May 6–August 2, 1999, no. 5.
Kunsthaus Zürich. "Monet's Garden," October 29, 2004–March 13, 2005, no. 38 (as "Water-Lily Pond").
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "The Masterpieces of French Painting from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1800–1920," February 4–May 6, 2007, no. 92.
Berlin. Neue Nationalgalerie. "Französische Meisterwerke des 19.Jahrhunderts aus dem Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York," June 1–October 7, 2007, unnumbered cat.
References Julien Leclercq. "'Le Bassin aux nymphéas' de Claude Monet." Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, supplément à la Gazette des beaux-arts no. 37 (December 1, 1900), pp. 363–64.Die Kunst Unserer Zeit 19 (1908), ill. p. 75.Claude Monet: Sa vie, son temps, son œuvre . Paris, 1922, ill. opp. p. 264.Claude Monet . Freiburg, [1929?], ill. opp. p. 144.The Arts 16 (March 1930), pp. 479, 481.H. O. Havemeyer Collection: Catalogue of Paintings, Prints, Sculpture and Objects of Art . n.p., 1931, pp. 156–57, ill.Claude Monet and His Garden: The Story of an Artist's Paradise . New York, 1934, p. 168.The Impressionists . Vienna, 1937, pl. 68.Monet . Paris, 1941, ill. on title pg.Monet . Stockholm, 1948, p. 288.French Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art . 3, New York, 1967, pp. 141–42, ill.Metropolitan Museum Journal 3 (1970), pp. 297–300, 302, 304–5, fig. 28.in La Relève du réel: la peinture française au XIXe siècle: impressionnisme, symbolisme . Paris, 1974, fig. 117.in Denis Rouart and Jean-Dominique Rey. Monet, Water-Lilies: Or the Mirror of Time . New York, 1974, unpaginated, ill. [French ed., 1972].Monet . New York, 1983, pp. 268, 294, ill.Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art . New York, 1985, pp. 148–49, 253, ill. (color).Monet . Tokyo, 1985, unpaginated, fig. 50 (color).Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné . 4, Lausanne, 1985, pp. 5, 9, 22 n. 181, pp. 156–57, no. 1518, ill.in Claude Monet: Nymphéas . Exh. cat., Kunstmuseum Basel. Basel, 1986, pp. 27, 32, 172, no. 9, ill. (color).The Havemeyers: Impressionism Comes to America . New York, 1986, pp. 143, 257, pl. 113.The Metropolitan Museum of Art . 8, New York, 1987, p. 37, colorpl. 21.Claude Monet, 1840–1926: Ein Fest für die Augen . Cologne, 1990, pp. 188–89, ill. (color).Monet in the '90s: The Series Paintings . Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston, 1990, pp. 260, 300, no. 90, colorpl. 94.Connaissance des arts no. 472 (June 1991), p. 36.in Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection . Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1993, pp. 227, 248, 252, colorpl. 219.Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection . Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1993, pp. 33, 36.in Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection . Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1993, pp. 366–67, no. A414, ill.Monet or the Triumph of Impressionism . 1, 2nd ed. Cologne, 1996, p. 338, ill. p. 337 (color).Monet . 3, 2nd ed. Cologne, 1996, pp. 647–49, no. 1518, ill. (color, overall and detail).Impressionist and Modern Art, Part I . Sotheby's, London. June 30, 1998, p. 19.Monet: Le cycle des "Nymphéas," catalogue sommaire . Exh. cat., Musée National de l'Orangerie. Paris, 1999, p. 30, no. 5, ill. (color).Monets Jahre in Giverny, Ein Garten wird Malerei . Cologne, 2001, p. 121, ill. p. 123 (color).Monet's Garden . Exh. cat., Kunsthaus Zürich. Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany, 2004, pp. 61, 66–67, 197, no. 38, ill. (color) [German ed., "Monets Garten," Ostfildern-Ruit, 2004].In the Gardens of Impressionism . New York, 2004, p. 218, colorpl. 225.in Claude Monet (1840–1926): A Tribute to Daniel Wildenstein and Katia Granoff . Exh. cat., Wildenstein & Co., Inc. New York, 2007, p. 170.in The Masterpieces of French Painting from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1800–1920 . Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. New York, 2007, pp. 128–29, 241–42, no. 92, ill. (color and bw).in Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800–1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art . New York, 2007, pp. 146, 285, no. 135, ill. (color and bw).in Claude Monet (1840–1926): A Tribute to Daniel Wildenstein and Katia Granoff . Exh. cat., Wildenstein & Co., Inc. New York, 2007, p. 84.
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