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The Houses of Parliament, Seagulls

Claude Monet, 1840–1926; born Paris, France; died Giverny, France

y1979-54

Escaping the Franco-Prussian War, Monet moved to London in the fall of 1870 and stayed until the summer of 1871. Fascinated by the fog, he attempted to capture an atmosphere suffused with moisture, dissolving the distinctions between sky, buildings, and water. During three trips to London between 1899 and 1901, Monet painted many such views. He continued to paint these scenes from photographs when he returned home, eventually producing around one hundred works in all. His favorite sites were on the Thames River: Charing Cross Bridge, Waterloo Bridge, and the Houses of Parliament.

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Object Number

y1979-54

Maker

Claude Monet

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dates

1903

Dimensions

81 × 92 cm (31 7/8 × 36 1/4 in.) frame: 100 × 111.1 × 7 cm (39 3/8 × 43 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Mrs. Vanderbilt Webb

Place Depicted

England, London

Inscription

Signed lower right: Claude Monet 1903

Type

oil paintings, paintings

Subject

boats, buildings, fog, parliament buildings, rivers, seagulls

Materials

canvas, oil paint

Purchased from the artist by Durand-Ruel, Paris, France, October 30, 1905 (Stock no. 8010); [1] Purchased from the above by Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer (1847-1907 and 1855-1929), New York, NY, Jan. 26. 1906 until 1907; [2] Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, New York, NY by inheritance; [3] Consigned by the above to Durand-Ruel, New York, NY Nov. 30, 1908 [for $5,000]. [4] William Church Osborn, New York, NY from 1908. [5] Mrs. Vanderbilt Webb (1892-1979), by 1968; [6] Bequest by the above to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1979 [7]. Notes: [1] Splendid Legacy The Havemeyer Collection. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993. [2] Wildenstein, Daniel. Monet. Taschen, 1996; Daniel Wildenstein. Claude Monet: Vie Et Oeuvre. Vol. IV. Geneva: La Bibliothèque Des Arts, 1986. [3] Splendid Legacy The Havemeyer Collection. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993. [4] Splendid Legacy The Havemeyer Collection. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993. [5] Wildenstein, Daniel. Monet. Taschen, 1996. [6] Wildenstein, Daniel. Monet. Taschen, 1996. [7] Wildenstein, Daniel. Monet. Taschen, 1996.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1303550

Gustave Geffroy, Claude Monet, sa vie, son œuvre, (Paris: G. Crès et cie, 1922)., p. 281 (illus.)

4898 1922

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1115119

Leon Werth, Claude Monet, (Paris: G. Crès & cie, 1928)., pl. 53

4899 1928

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/517742

William C. Seitz, Claude Monet; seasons and moments, (New York: The Museum in collabroation with the Los Angeles County Museum; Garden City, NY: Distributed by Doubleday & Co., 1960)., p. 62, no. 87

4897 1960

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17382250

Impressionist treasures from private collections in New York: [exhibition] for the benefit of St. Luke's Hospital Center Building Fund, January 12-29, 1966, (New York: M. Knoedler & Co., inc., 1966?)., p. 28 (illus.)

4906 1966

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2330520

Four masters of impressionism: [Exhibition] October 24 - November 30, 1968, (New York: Acquavella Galleries, 1968)., no. 65 (illus.)

4905 1968

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1734807

Daniel Wildenstein, Claude Monet: biographie et catalogue raisonné, (Lausanne; Paris: La Bibliothèque des arts, 1974-)., Vol. 4: p. 190, no. 1612; p. 191 (illus.)

4440 1974

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3774628

"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1979," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 39, no. 1/2 (1980): p. 40-63., p. 40 (illus.)

3367 1980

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7246753

Grace Seiberling, Monet's series, (New York: Garland Pub., 1981)., p. 376, no. 44

4907 1981

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14758638

Paloma Esteban Leal, Claude Monet, 1840-1926: Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, 29 de abril-30 de junio 1986, (Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura, con la colaboración de la Fundación para el Apoyo de la Cultura, 1986)., no. 101, p. 504; p. 395 (illus.)

4442 1986

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13425483

Frances Weitzenhoffer, The Havemeyers: impressionism comes to America, (New York: H.N. Abrams, 1986)., p. 184, pl. 138

4900 1986

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20530824

Malcolm Warner, The Image of London: views by travellers and emigrés, 1550-1920, (New York; London: Trefoll Publications, in association with Barbican Art Gallery, 1987)., cat. no. 255; p. 185-186

4901 1987

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18899355

Grace Seiberling, Monet in London, (Atlanta, GA: High Museum of Art; Seattle, WA: distributed by University of Washington Press, 1988)., cat. no. 23; fig. 67; p. 55, 59, 84, 102; p. 91 (illus.)

4902 1988

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27266522

Alice Cooley Frelinghuysen, Splendid legacy: the Havemeyer collection, (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993)., p. 367, no. 416l p. 366 (illus.); p. 240, pl. 238.

4806 1993

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35094630

Stephan Koja, Claude Monet, (Munich; New York: Prestel, 1996)., p. 140, fig. 74 (color)

4903 1996

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36609828

Anne-Birgitte Fonsmark, Impressionists in town: Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen, 1996, (Copenhagen: Ordrupgaard, 1996)., cat. no. 48; p. 119 (illus.)

4904 1996

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44680973

Daniel Wildenstein, Monet (Köln: Taschen; Wildenstein Institute, 1996)., Vol. 4: p. 718, no. 1612

4908 1996

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55549080

Katharine Lochnan et al., Turner, Whistler, Monet, (Toronto, ON; London: Tate Publishing in association with the Art Gallery of Ontario, 2004)., p. 179-180

142 2004

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84679079

Hiroshi Matsuda, Claude Monet: A Hymn to Light, (Hiroshima: The Executive Committe of Exhibition, Monet, 2004)., p. 118, no. 44; p. 119 (illus.)

1223 2004

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/716587456

Ségolène Le Men, Monet, (Citadelles & Mazenod, 2010).

868 2010

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