Antibes

Maker

(Artists)
1840-1926

Title

Antibes

Date of Production

1888

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 65.5 cm (canvas)
Width: 92.4 cm (canvas)

Accession Number

P.1948.SC.276

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, bequest, 1948

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

On display

Keywords






Label Text

In early 1888, Claude Monet travelled to the south of France where he spent several months capturing the intense colours and atmosphere of the Mediterranean. This setting was so different from the northern landscapes he knew best that he feared it would take ‘a palette of diamonds and jewels’ to do it justice. Monet used sparkling colours to convey the southern light, contrasting oranges and pinks with the strong greens and blues of the wind-blown pine tree and the sea beyond.

Provenance

(?)Bought from the artist by Boussod & Valadon, June 1888; (?) with Georges Petit, 1888; Mme Vve Barbedienne, Paris, 1894; sold Hôtel Druout, Paris, 24 February 1894 (lot 39); bought Paul Durand-Ruel; Decap, Paris, 1894; Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1907; Baron Caccamisi, Paris, 1907; Mrs Blanche Marchesci, London, c.1910; Paul Rosenberg, Paris; M. Knoedler & Co., London; purchased by Samuel Courtauld, August 1923; Courtauld Bequest, 1948

Exhibition History

Monet in Mind (Courtauld Connects Regional Programme), The Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 10/05/2021-04/07/2021

Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020

The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019 ...More

Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019

Atelier du Midi, Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, 13/06/2013-13/10/2013

Monet, Grand Palais, Paris, 20/09/2010-24/01/2011

Part of general displays, J Paul Getty Museum & Los Angeles & California & USA, 01/09/2005-01/01/2006

Into the 20th century - New Displays at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/2002

Mediterranee - Da Courbet a Matisse 1850-1925, Paris & France, 26/09/2000-16/01/2001

The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998

The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998

Monet and the Mediterranean, Fort Worth & USA, 08/06/1997-21/09/1997 ...Less

Literature

The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : signed : bottom left & recto : : Claude Monet 88

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