Claude Monet
Maker
Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Title
Hyde Park, London
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
oil paintSupports
Geography
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Place Made: England
Dimensions
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40.5 x 74 cm (15 15/16 x 29 1/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Signature: Signed LL:Claude Monet
Marks: In the upper left corner of the frame, the RISD Museum accession number is written in red ink.In the upper right of the frame, the RISD accession number is written again.Also at upper right but on the lower edge of the frame, there is illegible white chalk writing.
Label: In the upper left corner of the frame, there is a white Art Institute of Chicago label with red border dated 1975.At left center, there is a yellowed label with two layers of red border, which is stamped "2200".In the upper left corner of the backing board, there is a white RISD Museum label with red border.Below this, there is a square label on which is typed, "International cultural corporation of Australia LTD 1985".Below this, there is a rectangular label on which appears a picture of a cat and the word "Japan", and below this, "YAMATO Transport Company / Case No. 4 Catl. No. 8". Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth
Object Number
42.218 Type
Provenance
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Collection of the artist (Paris); sold to (Durand-Ruel), Paris, May 1872, as "Kensington Gardens;
Sold to Ernest Hoschedé, 27 January 1877
Durand-Ruel, Paris, c. 1891, then New York 1894-1936
Sold at the Monet exhibition, Tooth Gallery, London in 1936
Sale Harcourt Johnstone (London), Sotheby's 12 June 1940, no. 159
By 1942, Mrs. Murray S. Danforth, gift to the RISD Museum, February 4, 1942 .
Exhibition History
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