Claude Monet
The Windmill on the Onbekende Gracht, Amsterdam

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Artist Claude Monet French, 1840–1926

CultureFrench

Titles

The Windmill on the Onbekende Gracht, Amsterdam

Date1874

PlaceAmsterdam, Netherlands

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions21 1/4 × 25 1/2 in. (54 × 64.1 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck

Object number98.293

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

222 Beck Galleries

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Department

European Art, Beck Collection

Special Collections

John A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection

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Provenance[Chaine and Simonson, Paris, 1899]; [Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1899]; [Galerie Rosenberg, Paris]; [Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1902–June 15, 1912]; sold to [Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 1912]; Bodenheimer Collection, United States; [Wildenstein and Co., New York, 1966]; [Alex Reid and Lefevre, Ltd., London]; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Neelands, Jr., New York, 1968; [Sotheby Park-Bernet, New York, "Important 19th- and 20th Century Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture," April 26, 1972, lot 9]; [Acquavella Galleries, New York, 1972]; Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beck, Houston, 1972; given to MFAH, 1998.
Exhibition History"Grosse berliner Kunstausstellung," Berlin, 1903.

"Pictures by Boudin, Manet, and Monet," Grafton Galleries, London, 1905.

"Paysages par Monet et Renoir," Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1908.

"L'Evolution du paysage," La Libre Esthétique, Brussels, 1910.

"Nineteenth and Twentieth Century French Paintings," Lefevre Gallery, London, 1967.

"One Hundred Years of Impressionism: A Tribute to Durand-Ruel," Wildenstein and Co., New York, 1970.

"The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1974.

"Monet in Holland," Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1986–87.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed, lower right: Claude Monet

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