Antibes
Maker
(Artists)
1840-1926
1840-1926
Title
Antibes
Date of Production
1888
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height: 65.5 cm (canvas)
Width: 92.4 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
Starting in early spring 1888, Monet spent several months painting in Antibes, in the south of France. He struggled with ever-changing weather conditions, but worked hard to convey the transitory effects of light and wind.
Here, Monet captured the intensity of Mediterranean light and colour by using strongly contrasting colours. He wrote: ‘What I bring back from here will be sweetness itself, white, pink and blue, all enveloped in this magical air.’
Here, Monet captured the intensity of Mediterranean light and colour by using strongly contrasting colours. He wrote: ‘What I bring back from here will be sweetness itself, white, pink and blue, all enveloped in this magical air.’
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
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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