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The Red Kerchief
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The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Red Kerchief

Description

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.

Provenance

Michel Monet [1878-1966] Giverny, France, bequeathed from the artist's estate to his son, 1931; Edouard Molyneux [1891-1974] Paris, France, 1939; (Carroll Carstairs Gallery, New York, NY, September 16, 1948, sold to Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.); Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. [1889-1958], Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Dimensions

99 × 79.8 cm

Accession No

1958.39

Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

Modern European Painting and Sculpture • France, 19th century • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries