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Antibes (Afternoon Effect)
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
1888
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
66 x 82.5 cm (26 x 32 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel Dacre Bush
Accession Number27.1324
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
“I am painting the town of Antibes,” Monet wrote to his companion, Alice Hoschedé, in January, 1888, “a little fortified town all golden in the sun that stands out against beautiful blue and pink mountains and the eternally snow-capped range of the Alps.” Monet’s stay at Antibes, between Nice and Cannes on the French Riviera, lasted from January to May, allowing him to avoid the dreariest months of the year in Northern France and to satisfy his dealer’s appetite for idyllic, sun-drenched seascapes.
InscriptionsLower left: Claude Monet 88
ProvenanceJune 4, 1888, sold by the artist to Boussoud, Valadon et Cie., Paris (stock no. 19300); June 27, 1888, sold by Boussod, Valadon et Cie. to Madame Ellissen (probably Hortense Halfon Ellissen, b. 1858 - d. 1932), Paris [see note 1]. By 1892, Samuel Dacre Bush (b. 1849 - d. after 1931), Boston [see note 2]; 1927, gift of Samuel Dacre Bush to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1927)
NOTES:
[1] Getty Provenance Index, Goupil et Cie. records, PI Record No. G-28791 (stock book 12, no. 19300, p. 70).
[2] He lent the painting to "An Exhibition of Paintings by Claude Monet" (Boston, St. Botolph Club, March 28 - April 9, 1892), cat. no. 14.
NOTES:
[1] Getty Provenance Index, Goupil et Cie. records, PI Record No. G-28791 (stock book 12, no. 19300, p. 70).
[2] He lent the painting to "An Exhibition of Paintings by Claude Monet" (Boston, St. Botolph Club, March 28 - April 9, 1892), cat. no. 14.