Claude Monet - Canotiers Argenteuil 1874

Claude Monet - Canotiers Argenteuil 1874

Canotiers Argenteuil 1874
61x80cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 9.02 million
Auction house: Christie's , New York
Sale date: 18 November 1998
Seller: Private Collection
Buyer: Anonymous buyer

From Christie's , New York:
This beautiful and legendary picture is an archetypal Impressionist image and a classic document in the history of nineteenth century art. Following the First Impressionist Exhibition in April of 1874, Monet returned to Argenteuil, a small hamlet west of Paris on the banks of the Seine; and Manet took up residence in Gennevilliers on the opposite bank of the river. That summer Renoir came to Argenteuil for an extended stay, and Sisley also visited Monet and Manet.