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La Seine à Port-Villez

"La Seine à Port-Villez" captures Monet's fascination with the Seine River during his time in the Normandy village of Port-Villez in the 1880s. The painting exemplifies his Impressionist approach through loose brushwork and careful observation of light's effects on water, demonstrating how the same landscape subject transformed under varying atmospheric conditions. This work reflects Monet's serial painting method, wherein he returned repeatedly to particular motifs to explore the nuanced interplay between light, color, and perception.

Provenance: Ambroise Vollard, Paris. Collection de Galia, Paris. Thadée Natanson, Paris (by 1948). Madame Thadée Natanson (Charlotte Marie Vaure), Paris (by descent from the above circa 1951); her estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, 27 November 1953, lot 48 (titled 'Paysage à Vétheuil'). Galerie Kurt Meissner, Zurich. Norbert Cymbalista, Switzerland, circa 1961; sale, Christie's, New York, 15 May 1986, lot 264. Oscar Carraro, Italy (acquired at the above sale); sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 February 2013, lot 374. Private collection, United Kingdom (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie's, London, 29 June 2022, lot 431. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
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Notes

LITERATURE T. Natanson, Peintes à leur tour, Paris, 1946, (illustrated pl. II; titled 'Étude'). D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné, 1899-1926, Peintures, Lausanne & Paris, 1985, vol. IV, no. 1776, p. 246 (illustrated p. 247). D. Wildenstein, Monet: Catalogue Raisonné, Nos. 1596-1983 et les grandes décorations, Cologne & Lausanne, 1996, vol. IV, no. 1776, pp. 835 & 836 (illustrated p. 835). Conditions of sale Brought to you by Ziwei Yi AVP, Specialist, Head of 20th Century Day Sale 20th/21st Century Art, Asia Pacific ZIWEIYI@CHRISTIES.COM +852 297 86732

🔨 Auction Lot

20th Century Day Sale

March 28, 2026

Estimate: $1,500,000 – $2,500,000

Sold: $3,175,000

Lot 106