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DEACESSIONED June 23, 2011
The Fort of Antibes
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
1888
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
65.4 x 81 cm (25 3/4 x 31 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number1978.634
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsLower left: Claude Monet 88
ProvenanceJune 6, 1890, sold by the artist to Durand-Ruel, Paris [see note 1]; September 25, 1890, sold by Durand-Ruel to Joseph Foxcroft Cole (b. 1837 - d. 1892) for Peter Chardon Brooks (b. 1831 - d. 1920), Boston; by descent to his daughter, Eleanor Brooks (Mrs. Richard M.) Saltonstall, Boston; 1962, by descent from Mrs. Saltonstall to an anonymous donor; 1978, anonymous gift to the MFA; June 23, 2011, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Sotheby's, New York.
NOTES:
[1] The provenance given here is taken from Daniel Wildenstein, "Monet: catalogue raisonné" (1996), vol. 3, p. 442, cat. no. 1161a.
[2] MFA accession date: January 10, 1978 (accession no. 1978.634).
NOTES:
[1] The provenance given here is taken from Daniel Wildenstein, "Monet: catalogue raisonné" (1996), vol. 3, p. 442, cat. no. 1161a.
[2] MFA accession date: January 10, 1978 (accession no. 1978.634).