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Rocks at Belle-Isle, Port-Domois

Date
1886
Material
Oil on canvas
Classification
Paintings
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
28 1/2 x 23 in. (72.4 x 58.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer Jr.
Rights
Public Domain
Object Number
218:1975
1891 - 1964
Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922), Paris, France, purchased from the artist; Madame Jean d'Alayer de Costemore d'Arc, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, by inheritance [1]

1964
Sam Salz (1894–1981), New York, NY, USA

1964/12/15 - 1975
Joseph Pulitzer Jr. (1913-1993) and Louise Vauclain Pulitzer (d.1968), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Sam Salz Inc.; Emily Rauh Pulitzer (b.1933), St. Louis, MO [2]

1975 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by given by Joseph Pulitzer Jr. and Emily Rauh Pulitzer [3]


Notes:
The main source for this provenance is Wildenstein's catalogue raisonné, cat. no. 1104 [Wildenstein, Daniel: "Claude Monet: biographie and catalogue raisonné." Lausanne: La Bibliothèque des arts, 1974-1991]. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[1] According to a letter written by Caroline Durand-Ruel Godfroy dated November 8, 2001, this painting was part of Paul Durand-Ruel's private collection and eventually Madame Jean d'Alayer, née Marie-Louise Durand-Ruel, granddaughter of Paul Durand-Ruel, inherited it. She lived in Neuilly-sur-Seine, very close to Paris. The painting was in the collection of Madame Jean d'Alayer by 1952 ["Claude Monet", 140 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré. Paris: Wildenstein, 1952, cat. no. 50]. The invoice from Sam Salz to Joseph Pulitzer, dated December 15, 1964, indicates that the work comes from "Private Collection Durand-Ruel, Paris" [invoice, SLAM document files].

[2] See note [1].

[3] Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 18, 1975.

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