Claude Monet - Branche de citronnier 1884

Claude Monet - Branche de citronnier 1884

Claude Monet - Branche de citronnier 1884
50x57cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 2.17 million
Auction house: Sotheby’s, New York
Sale date: 05 November 2015
Seller: Private Collection
Buyer: Anonymous buyer

From Sotheby’s, New York:
This vibrant depiction of a branch of lemons once adorned the salon of Monet's legendary dealer Paul Durand-Ruel. In 1882, Durand-Ruel commissioned Monet to paint a suite of small canvases to be inserted into the double-door panels throughout his home at 35, rue de Rome. The series was devoted to themes of fruits and flowers, and Durand-Ruel hoped that Monet would be inspired enough by the glorious spring weather to commence work. "I am still counting on you to paint my little door panels as soon as you can,"