Cleveland Museum of Art
The Red Kerchief
Claude MonetLinkedCulture matchlcp-86a26a40cf9a
- Date
- c. 1868–73
- Medium
- oil on fabric
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 135382
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This painting depicts Monet's first wife, Camille, outside on a snowy day passing by the French doors of their home at Argenteuil. Her face is rendered in a radically bold Impressionist technique of mere daubs of paint quickly applied, just as the snow and trees are defined by broad, broken strokes of pure white and green. Madame Monet’s red cape draws the viewer’s attention beyond the glass of the French doors capturing her glance, a brief moment frozen in time. This painting was very special to Monet and he kept it with him for his entire life.
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- Credit line
- Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
- Provenance
- 1931-1939: Michel Monet [1878-1966] Giverny, France, bequeathed from the artist's estate to his son, 1931 | 1939-1948: Edouard Molyneux [1891-1974] Paris, France, 1939 | 1948: (Carroll Carstairs Gallery, New York, NY, September 16, 1948, sold to Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.) | 1948-1958: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. [1889-1958], Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1958-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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