monet argenteuil basin with a single sailboat

Le Bassin d'Argenteuil

Object details

History - provenance, exhibitions, about this object record.

• collection Ernest Duez, Paris
• jusqu'en 1901, dans la collection Decap, Paris
• 1901, Vente Tableaux modernes... collection de M.X [Decap], Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 15 avril 1901, n°14
• de 1901 à 1911, dans la collection du comte Isaac de Camondo, Paris (acquis pour la somme de 16 500F à la Vente de Drouot du 15 avril)
• 1911, accepté par l'Etat à titre de legs du comte Isaac de Camondo pour le musée du Louvre (comité du 27/04/1911, conseil du 08/05/1911, arrêté du 23/11/1911)
• 1911, attribué au musée du Louvre, Paris
• de 1911 à 1947, au musée du Louvre, Paris (exposé à partir de 1914)
• de 1947 à 1986, au musée du Louvre, galerie du Jeu de Paume, Paris
• 1986, affecté au musée d'Orsay, Paris
• Deuxième exposition impressionniste - galerie Durand-Ruel - France, Paris, 1876
• Exposition du centenaire Monet-Rodin - musée de l'Orangerie - France, Paris, 1940
• Le paysage français de Poussin aux Impressionnistes - organisme inconnu - France, inconnu, 1956, ?, n°28 ?
• Loisirs sur l'eau - histoire de la plaisance en France 1640-1940 - palais de Chaillot - France, Paris, 1978, n°704
• Hommage à Claude Monet - Galeries nationales du Grand Palais - France, Paris, 1980
• Impressionnisme - fondation Anne et Albert Prouvost - France, Marcq-en-Baroeul, 1980-1981
• L'Impressionnisme et le paysage français - Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Etats-Unis, Los Angeles, 1984
• A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape - The Art Institute of Chicago - Etats-Unis, Chicago, 1984-1985
• L'Impressionnisme et le paysage français - Galeries nationales du Grand Palais - France, Paris, 1985
• Budapest, 1869-1914 : modernité hongroise et peinture européenne - musée des Beaux-Arts - France, Dijon, 1995, n°174, p. 329
• Impressionists on the Seine. A celebration of Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party - The Phillips Collection - 1996-1997
• Impressionism: Paintings collected by European Museums - High Museum of Art - Etats-Unis, Atlanta, 1999, n°31
• Impressionism: Paintings collected by European Museums - Seattle Art Museum - Etats-Unis, Seattle, 1999, n°31
• Impressionism: Paintings collected by European Museums - Denver Art Museum - Etats-Unis, Denver, 1999, n°31
• The Impressionists at Argenteuil - National Gallery of Art - Etats-Unis, Washington, 2000, n°11, p. 69
• The Impressionists at Argenteuil - Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art - Etats-Unis, Hartford, 2000, n°11, p. 69
• Monet, i luoghi della pittura - Casa dei Carraresi - Italie, Trévise, 2001-2002
• Orte des Impressionismus Gemälde und Fotografien - Kunstmuseum Basel - Suisse, Bâle, 2003, n°19, p. 57
• Monet la Senna le ninfee. Il grande fiume e il nuovo secolo - Museo della città - Italie, Brescia, 2004-2005
• Temps d'harmonie : paradis d'artistes au XIXe siècle - City museum - Japon, Kobe, 2006
• Temps d'harmonie : paradis d'artistes au XIXe siècle - Metropolitan Art Museum - Japon, Tokyo, 2007
• De Millet à Bonnard. La création picturale dans les collections du musée d'Orsay (1848-1914) - Hangaram Art Museum - Corée, République de, Séoul, 2007
• L'impressionnisme au fil de la Seine - musée des Impressionnismes Giverny - France, Giverny, 2010
• Claude Monet 1840-1926 - Galeries nationales du Grand Palais - France, Paris, 2010-2011
• Impressionists on the Water - Legion of Honor - Etats-Unis, San Francisco, 2013
• Naissance de l'impressionnisme - National Art Center - Japon, Tokyo, 2014
• Monet. Un pont vers la modernité - musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada - Canada, Ottawa, 2015-2016
• Monet: The Early Years - Kimbell Art Museum - Etats-Unis, Fort Worth, 2016-2017
• Monet: The Early Years - Legion of Honor - Etats-Unis, San Francisco, 2017
• Impressionnisme : quelle modernité ? - Louvre Abu Dhabi - Emirats Arabes Unis, Abu Dhabi, 2022-2023
• Alexandre, Arsène, Les Arts , "Collection du comte Isaac de Camondo", Paris, [s.n.], 1908, p.32
• Anonyme, Catalogue de la collection Isaac de Camondo - Musée du Louvre , Paris, G. Braun, 1914, n°181, p. 35
• Jamot, Paul, La Collection Camondo au Musée du Louvre, les peintures et les dessins , Paris, La Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1914, p.14, 42-44, ill. p.43
• Vitry, Paul ; Dreyfus, Carle ; Leprieur, Paul ; Migeon, Gaston, Catalogue de la collection Isaac de Camondo - Musée national du Louvre , Paris, Musées nationaux, 1922, n°181, p.39, non reprod.
• Brière, Gaston, Musée national du Louvre. Catalogue des peintures exposées dans les galeries. I. École française , Paris, Musées nationaux ; Palais du Louvre, 1924, n°CA. 181, p.189
• Regamey, Raymond, Gazette des beaux-arts , "Formation de Claude Monet", Paris, [s.n.], 1927, p. 82
• Léger, Charles, Claude Monet , Paris, G. Crès, 1930, n°7
• Reuterswärd, Oscar, Monet , Stockholm, A. Bonniers, 1948, p.282
• Bazin, Germain ; Adhémar, Hélène ; Sérullaz, Maurice, Catalogue des peintures, pastels, sculptures impressionnistes , Paris, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1958, n°248, p.131-132, non reprod.
• Anonyme, Catalogue des peintures du musée du Louvre , Paris, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1972, p. 272
• Adhémar, Hélène ; Dayez, Anne, Musée du Louvre, Musée du Jeu de Paume , Paris, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1973, p. 66, 151
• Adhémar, Hélène ; Dayez-Distel, Anne, Musée du Jeu de Paume - Catalogue rédigé , Paris, Editions des musées nationaux, 1977, p.157, reprod. p.68
• Bellony-Rewald, Alice, Le Monde retrouvé des impressionnistes , Paris, Seghers, 1977, p. 120-122
• Adhémar, Hélène [sous la direction de], Chronologie impressionniste : 1863-1905 , Paris, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1981, n°125
• Rossi Bortolatto, Luigina ; Bailly-Herzberg, Janine, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Monet. 1870-1899 , Paris, Flammarion, 1981, n°70, p.93, reprod. p.92 et pl.XXI
• House, John, Monet. Nature into art , New Haven, Yale University Press, 1986, n°143
• Patin, Sylvie, A la campagne , Paris, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, n°53
• Rosenblum, Robert, Les Peintures du Musée d'Orsay , Paris, Nathan, 1989, p. 276
• Tucker, Paul Hayes, Monet in the 90's. The seires paintings , Boston, The Museum of Fine Arts, 1989, fig. 4, p. 10
• Cachin, Françoise, Chefs-d'oeuvre du musée d'Orsay , New York, Artabras, 1994, n°80
• Shimada, Norio, La Seine des impressionnistes , Tokyo, Shogakukan, 1996, p. 97
• Cutting, James E., Impressionism and its canon , Lanham, University Press of America, 2006, p. 50
• Font-Réaulx, Dominique de, Turner i gli impressionisti : la grande storia del paesaggio moderno in Europa , 'Il paesaggio fotografato in Francia, 1845-1870" : [mostra, Brescia, 28 ottobre 2006-25 marzo 2007], Trévise, Linea d'ombra libri, 2006, p. 250
• Anonyme, Elger Esser, Eigenzeit , [Ausstellung, Stuttgart, Kunstmuseum, 28. November 2009 bis 11. April 2010, Arnhem, Museum voor moderne kunst, 11. Juli bis 26. September 2010], Munich, Schirmer ; Mosel, 2009, n°7, p.17, 148
• Ingres à Picasso : portraits et figures de femmes, cat. exp. (Paris, La Renaissance, 1928) , Paris, [s.n.], 1928
• Exposition du centenaire MONET-RODIN : au profit de l'entr'aide des artistes, cat. exp. (Paris, musée de l'Orangerie, 1940) , Paris, [s.n.], 1940, n° 9, p. 4 (non reprod.)
• Durand-Ruel, Charles, Impressionnisme, cat. exp. (Marcq-en-Baroeul, fondation Anne et Albert Prouvost, du 18/10/1980 au 25/01/1981) , Marcq-en-Baroeul, La Fondation, 1980, n° 18
• Brettell, Richard ; Schaefer, Scott, A day in the country : Impressionism and the French Landscape, cat. exp. (Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, du 28/06/1984 au 16/09/1984 ; Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, du 23/10/1984 au 06/01/1985 ; Paris, Galeries nationales d'exposition du Grand Palais, du 08/02/1985 au 22/04/1985) , Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984, cat. 39, p. 102 ; p. 116 ; p. 146 ; p. 147 (reprod. coul.) ; p. 364 (cartel technique)
• Brettell, Richard ; Gache-Patin, Sylvie ; Schaefer, Scott, L'Impressionnisme et le paysage français, cat.exp. (Los Angeles country museum of art, du 28/06/1984 au16/09/1984 ; Chicago, the Art institute of Chicago, du 23/10/1984 au 06/01/1985 ; Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, du 04/02/1985 au 22/04/1985) , Paris, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1985, n° 44
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Monet's Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat: Mindfulness and Art

We're continuing our  Mindfulness and Art series  with this short guided-mindfulness video focused on  Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat , 1874.

Take 3 minutes to look closely and immerse yourself in this calming painting by Claude Monet (1840–1926).

If you're in the Gallery, you could use your own headphones to listen to the video as you look at the painting. You'll find it hanging in Room 3.

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This guided mindfulness was written and recorded by Mary Dowling.

What is mindfulness?

Mindfulness is deliberately pausing and paying attention to the present moment, without judgment. It gives us time to connect with ourselves and the world around us, fully experiencing what’s going on. We can practice mindfulness by spending time looking at an artwork, and it can be a very helpful tool to calm and settle our busy minds.

• Relax:  Give yourself permission to relax as you look at the painting. Calm and focus your mind.
• Breathe:  Notice your breath as you breathe in and out. Don't try and change your breathing; just breathe as normal and become aware of it.
• Release:  Pay attention to how your body feels as you look at the painting. Are you holding tension anywhere? Check in with your back, your shoulders, your neck, your jaw, your eyes. Soften and relax.
• Forgive:  Allow your thoughts to come and go. Don't worry if your mind wanders, just gently bring your focus back to the painting.
• Accept:  Don't let outside noises bother you. In fact, accept any sounds or noise and let them become part of your experience of looking at the painting.

In 1872, Monet fitted out a boat as a floating studio; from it he painted numerous views of Argenteuil, the River Seine and its banks. By embedding himself in nature in this way, he could closely observe the fleeting effects of light and the changing seasons upon the landscape. Read more about Monet's painting

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Claude Monet

Description.

Claude Monet ( French , 1840-1926)

The Basin at Argenteuil (Le Bassin d'Argenteuil)

• Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Signature / inscription / marks.

Signature: Signed LL:Claude Monet

Credit / Object Number

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

Purchased from the artist for 80 francs by Comte Jean de Rasty, possibly under the title Esquisse, Argenteuil; purchased from de Rasty by Alexandre Rosenberg for 3,500 francs, Paris, 1898; Lazare Weiller, Paris; Hotel Drouot, Paris, sale L. Weiller, November 29, 1901, no. 32; Bernheim-Jeune, Paris; Gaston Bernheim de Villiers, Paris, 1919; M. Knoedler, New York, 1928; Carroll Carstairs Gallery, New York, 1936; Mrs. Murray S. Danforth, Providence, 1938. Note: This provenance is published in Rosenfeld, RISD Museum, 1991.

Projects & Publications

Publications.

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

European Paintings and Sculpture, ca. 1770 - 1937

Exchange Exhibition, Exhibition Exchange: From the Collection of Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University; From the Collection of The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence.

Selected Works

Exhibition history.

The boat basin at Argenteuil, with its long promenade and terraced café, was a popular site for watching sailing regattas on the Seine. Monet set up his easel on an island across the river, distinguishing optical effects and textures with strategically varied brushmarks. Using pigments direct from tubes and mixed on his palette, he evoked the bramble of grasses in the foreground with congested jabs of color. Horizontal dashes capture the water and the reflections of broadly painted sailboats, and tiny dark and light flicks mark a procession of plane trees.

The boat basin at Argenteuil, with its long promenade and terraced café, was a popular site for watching sailing regattas on the Seine. Monet set up his easel on an island across the river, distinguishing optical effects and textures with strategically varied brushmarks. Using pigments direct from tubes and mixed on his palette, he evoked the bramble of grasses in the foreground with congested jabs of color. A dappled mosaic of horizontal dashes captures the movement of water and the reflections of broadly painted sailboats. Along the riverwalk, dark and light flicks of paint mark a procession of plane trees whose gray-green leaves and their purple shadows are rendered with a flattened touch.

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