Claude Monet - La Seine à Lavacourt 1879
La Seine à Lavacourt 1879
46x61cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 1.11 million
Auction house: Sotheby’s, London
Sale date: 02 March 2017
Seller: Private Collection
Buyer: Anonymous buyer
From Sotheby’s, London:
In 1878 Monet left the Parisian suburb of Argenteuil to pursue a more idyllic life in the country. He travelled north and discovered the medieval village of Vétheuil, situated just outside the town of Mantes in the region of Île-de-France. Monet took an instant liking to Vétheuil, and he was soon joined by his family as well as that of his friend and patron Ernest Hoschedé. The two families installed themselves in a rented house on the road to Mantes, with a large garden that led down to the river. Monet was delighted with the rich, unspoilt nature offered by his new surroundings and found numerous motifs in the untamed river landscape and the picturesque towns that surrounded it. He even established a painting studio on a small boat—his bateau-atelier— which enabled him to travel up and down the Seine and gave him a limitless choice of perspectives.