Claude MONET (1840-1926) The Willows, Giverny, 1886 Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right "Claude Monet 86". 73 x 92 cm Provenance: John Levy Galleries, New York: - John Levy Galleries, New York. - Durand-Ruel and Knoedler. Acquired from the former on December 31, 1923 for 24,750 . - Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1923. - Henri-Edmond Canonne Collection, Paris, 1924. - Collection Jacques Cannone, Paris. - Collection Jacques Canonne, Me Alphonse Bellier, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 5, 1942, no. 20. - Baszanger Collection. Acquired at the latter for 500,000 F. - Galerie Raphaël Gérard. Acquired from the latter on September 5, 1944 for 950,000 F (no. 22814 on the stretcher on the back of the painting). - Galerie Henri Gaffié, Nice, 1948. - Estate of Madame B., Paris. Acquired in 1948 and remained in the family ever since. Bibliography : - Arsène Alexandre, La Collection Canonne: une histoire en action de l'impressionnisme et de ses suites, Paris, Éditions Bernheim Jeune et Renaissance de l'Art, 1930, p. 14. - Daniel Wildenstein, Claude Monet, Biographie et Catalogue raisonné, Tome III: 1887-1898, Paris-Lausanne, La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1979, no. 1241, reproduced p.129 and 1991, T.V, no. 1241, p. 47, considered to have been painted in 1889. - Daniel Wildenstein, Monet, Catalogue raisonné, Tome III, Cologne, Taschen and Wildenstein Institute, 1996, no. 1241, reproduced on p. 473, considered to have been painted in 1889. We would like to thank Madame Elizabeth Royer for her provenance research on this work.