In this view of Vétheuil, seen from the opposite bank of the Seine, the flicker of individual brushstrokes reflects Monet's concern with recording sensations of color and light as accurately as possible. Ironically, this practice resulted in paintings of an increasingly abstract nature. Indeed, the imagery nearly dissolves in the myriad touches of paint.
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Title:Vétheuil in Summer
Artist:Claude Monet (French, Paris 1840–1926 Giverny)
Date:1880
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:23 5/8 x 39 1/4 in. (60 x 99.7 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Bequest of William Church Osborn, 1951
Object Number:51.30.3
Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Claude Monet 1880
Mme Berend (until 1912); [Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York, 1912]; William Church Osborn, New York (1912–d. 1951)
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition," May 8–August 1920, unnumbered cat. (p. 10, as "Vétheuil," lent by William Church Osborn).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Loan Exhibition of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings," May 3–September 15, 1921, no. 75 (as "Vetheuil," lent by William Church Osborn).
New York. Durand-Ruel. "French Masterpieces of the Late XIX Century," 1928, no. 14 (lent anonymously) [see Sterling and Salinger 1967].
New York. Wildenstein. "From Paris to the Sea Down the River Seine," January 28–February 27, 1943, no. 48 (as "Vétheuil," lent by Mr. William Church Osborn).
New York. Wildenstein. "A Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Claude Monet for the Benefit of the Children of Giverny," April 11–May 12, 1945, no. 33 (lent by Mr. William Church Osborn).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries," November 14, 1970–June 1, 1971, not in catalogue.
Naples. Museo di Capodimonte. "Capolavori Impressionisti dei Musei Americani," December 3, 1986–February 1, 1987, no. 31.
Milan. Pinacoteca di Brera. "Capolavori Impressionisti dei Musei Americani," March 4–May 10, 1987, no. 31.
Fort Lauderdale. Museum of Art. "Corot to Cézanne: 19th Century French Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," December 22, 1992–April 11, 1993, no catalogue.
Art Institute of Chicago. "Claude Monet, 1840–1926," July 22–November 26, 1995, no. 60.
San Diego Museum of Art. "Monet: Late Paintings of Giverny from the Musée Marmottan," June 27–August 30, 1998, not in catalogue.
Edinburgh. Royal Scottish Academy. "Monet: The Seine and the Sea, 1878–1883," August 6–October 26, 2003, no. 33.
Rouen. Musée des Beaux-Arts. "Eblouissants reflets: Cent chefs-d'oeuvre impressionnistes," April 29–September 30, 2013, no. 88.
"French, English, and American Paintings." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 15 (September 1920), p. 207.
Arsène Alexandre. Claude Monet. Paris, 1921, ill. opp. p. 74.
Camille Mauclair. Claude Monet. London, [1925], pl. 26 [French ed., Paris, 1924].
Marthe de Fels. La Vie de Claude Monet. Paris, 1929, p. 237.
John Rewald. The History of Impressionism. New York, 1946, ill. p. 339.
Oscar Reuterswärd. Monet. Stockholm, 1948, p. 283.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Miniatures, French Impressionists: Manet, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, and Boudin. Vol. 27, Album 51, New York, 1951, unpaginated, ill. (color).
Josephine L. Allen and Elizabeth E. Gardner. A Concise Catalogue of the European Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1954, p. 69.
Jean Leymarie. Impressionism. Lausanne, 1955, vol. 2, ill. p. 79 (color).
John Rewald. The History of Impressionism. rev., enl. ed. New York, 1961, ill. p. 431.
William Innes Homer. Seurat and the Science of Painting. Cambridge, Mass., 1964, pp. 60, 63, 89, fig. 24.
Luigina Rossi Bortolatto. L'opera completa di Claude Monet, 1870–1889. Milan, 1966, p. 101, no. 203, ill. p. 102 and colorpl. XXXVI–XXXVII.
Charles Sterling and Margaretta M. Salinger. French Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 3, XIX–XX Centuries. New York, 1967, pp. 130–31, ill.
Charles Theodore Price. "Naturalism and Convention in the Painting of Charles-François Daubigny." PhD diss., Yale University, 1967, p. 249, fig. 86.
Douglas Cooper. "The Monets in the Metropolitan Museum." Metropolitan Museum Journal 3 (1970), pp. 291–92, 302, 304–5, fig. 10.
Daniel Wildenstein. Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné. Vol. 1, 1840–1881: Peintures. Lausanne, 1974, pp. 115, 372–73, no. 605, ill.
Denis Rouart inMonet, Water-Lilies: Or the Mirror of Time. New York, 1974, p. 46 [French ed., 1972].
Robert Herbert. "Method and Meaning in Monet." Art in America 67 (September 1979), p. 108.
Sylvie Gache inHommage à Claude Monet (1840–1926). Exh. cat., Galeries nationales du Grand Palais. Paris, 1980, p. 194, calls it very similar to another view of this subject now in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris (W532).
Charles S. Moffett. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1985, pp. 10–11, 128–29, 252, ill. (color).
Daniel Wildenstein. Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné. Vol. 4, 1899–1926: Peintures. Lausanne, 1985, p. 30 n. 255.
Charles F. Stuckey, ed. Monet: A Retrospective. New York, 1985, colorpl. 51.
Gary Tinterow et al. Capolavori impressionisti dei musei americani. Exh. cat., Museo di Capodimonte, Naples. Milan, 1987, pp. 72–73, no. 31, ill. (color).
Douglas Skeggs. River of Light: Monet's Impressions of the Seine. New York, 1987, pp. 121, 125, ill. (color).
Richard Kendall, ed. Monet by Himself. London, 1989, ill. p. 91 (color).
Karin Sagner-Düchting. Claude Monet, 1840–1926: Ein Fest für die Augen. Cologne, 1990, pp. 108, 117, ill. (color).
Roger Hurlburt. "Free Spirits." Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale) (December 20, 1992), p. 4D.
Helen Kohen. "Lasting Impressions." Miami Herald (December 20, 1992), p. 6I.
Charles F. Stuckey. Claude Monet, 1840–1926. Exh. cat., Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, 1995, pp. 82, 204, 206, 235, no. 60, ill. (color), suggests that it was painted from Monet's studio boat.
Katharine Baetjer. European Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born Before 1865: A Summary Catalogue. New York, 1995, p. 475, ill.
Daniel Wildenstein. Monet. Vol. 2, Catalogue raisonné–Werkverzeichnis: Nos. 1–968. 2nd ed. Cologne, 1996, pp. 232–33, no. 605, ill. (color).
Rebecca A. Rabinow. "Modern Art Comes to the Metropolitan: The 1921 Exhibition of 'Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings'." Apollo 152 (October 2000), pp. 5, 11, fig. 7 (color).
Michael Clarke and Richard Thomson. Monet: The Seine and the Sea, 1878–1883. Exh. cat., Royal Scottish Academy. Edinburgh, 2003, pp. 92–93, 169, no. 33, ill. (color).
Eric M. Zafran. "Monet in the United States: The Early Years." Claude Monet–A Hymn to Light. Exh. cat., Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum. 2004, p. 194.
Eric M. Zafran inClaude Monet (1840–1926): A Tribute to Daniel Wildenstein and Katia Granoff. Exh. cat., Wildenstein & Co., Inc. New York, 2007, p. 110.
Christine I. Oaklander. "Jonathan Sturges, W. H. Osborn, and William Church Osborn: A Chapter in American Art Patronage." Metropolitan Museum Journal 43 (2008), pp. 188–89, 191, fig. 28 (color).
Sylvie Patin inEblouissants reflets: Cent chefs-d'oeuvre impressionnistes. Exh. cat., Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen. Paris, 2013, p. 201, no. 88, ill. p. 205 (color).
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