Apples and Grapes

Provenance

The artist (d. 1926); possibly sold to Cahuzac, Paris, Nov. 1880, in addition to two other paintings (Fleurs, pommes; and Les Saules), for 1,000 francs [ per Monet’s livre de comptes, ventes octobre–décembre 1880, as “M. Cahuzac / Vendre trois toiles / fleurs pommes – fruits / Les Saules – ensemble 1000.” The livre de comptes is located at the Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris; photocopy of this page in curatorial object file]; possibly Durand-Ruel, Paris, c. 1883 [per Wildenstein 1996. The Durand-Ruel Archives could not verify this information, as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 5, 2010, curatorial object file]. Catholina Lambert, Paterson, N.J., by May 16, 1895 [per Durand-Ruel Archives, “Acheté par Durand-Ruel NY (stock 1421, as Fruits) à Catholina Lambert le 16 mai 1895,” as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 5, 2010, curatorial object file]; sold to Durand-Ruel, New York, May 16, 1895 [this and the following per Durand-Ruel, New York, stock book for 1904–24 (no. 1421, as Fruits), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 5, 2010, curatorial object file]; sold to Martin A. Ryerson (d. 1932), Chicago, Dec. 18, 1915, for $8,100 [see previous; also a purchase receipt on Durand-Ruel letterhead, dated Dec. 21, 1915, includes this painting as one of a number sold by Durand-Ruel, New York, to M. A. Ryerson, photocopy in curatorial object file]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.

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