Claude Monet
The Japanese Footbridge, Giverny

ArtistFrench, 1840–1926
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Japanese Footbridge, Giverny
Datec. 1922
PlaceGiverny, France
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions35 × 36 inches (88.9 × 94.1 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck
Object number76.198
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
223 Beck Galleries
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ProvenanceMichel Monet (Paris, 1878–Vernon, France, 1966), Vernon Giverny, by descent from the artist, 1926 [1]; [Katia Granoff (Ukraine, 1895–Paris, 1989), Paris] [2]; [M. Knoedler and Co., Inc., New York, by 1956] [3]; Molly (née Stimson, 1920–Greenwich, Connecticut, 2006) and Walter Bareiss (Tübingen, German, 1919–Stamford, Connecticut, 2007), Greenwich, Connecticut, 6 June 1956 [4]; deposited in/loaned to the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich, c. 1966 [5]; [Fourcade, Droll, Inc. New York, by 1976]; purchased by Audrey Jones Beck, Houston, 1976; given to MFAH, 1976.

[1] Michel was the son and only heir of Claude Monet.

[2] Granoff opened Galerie Larock-Granoff in 1924. She was friends with Michel Monet and sold a number of works from the estate on his behalf.

[3] Knoedler acquired two Monet Japanese bridge paintings at the same time from Granoff, according to the gallery’s stockbook. The Bareiss painting is no. 6357 and was sold to him on 6 June 1956. Painting stock book 10: A4783-A7177, 1952 January–1959 February, p. 177. Getty Research Institute Digital Collections:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2012m54b10 (Accessed by Julia May Boddewyn, 2 December 2024)

[4] After living in Connecticut, the Bareisses moved to Munich in 1960 so that Walter could run the family business after the death of his father. Castro, Maria, "Walter Bareiss," The Modern Art Index Project (August 2018), Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://doi.org/10.57011/AWQP2032 (Accessed by Julia May Boddewyn, 2 December 2024)

[5] The painting was assigned number L.1005.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Monet at Giverny, 1883-1926," traveling: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 19 April - 9 July 1978; St. Louis Art Museum, late July - 8 Oct 1978 (LN:78.2)
Catalogue raisonnéDaniel Wildenstein, “Monet: Catalogue raisonné – Werkverzeichnis,” vol. IV (Taschen, Wildenstein Institute, 1996), no. 1925, p. 920, illus. in color.
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