Claude Monet - La route rouge près de Menton 1884
La route rouge près de Menton 1884
66x82cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 4.75 million
Auction house: Christie's , London
Sale date: 23 June 2010
Seller: Private collection, Germany
Buyer: Anonymous buyer
From Christie's , London:
La route rouge près de Menton was painted in 1884 while Claude Monet was making his way back to his home at Giverny after several months spent in Bordighera. Discussing this picture in his catalogue raisonné of Monet's work, Daniel Wildenstein explained: 'This view from the Cap Martin, with the promenade which still today runs around the Cape in the foreground, shows the Tête de Chien overlooking Monte Carlo and the rock of Monaco in the background and the Cap d'Ail on the left' (D. Wildenstein, Monet: Catalogue raisonné, Vol. II, Cologne, 1996, p. 332).