Claude MONET (1840-1926)
Handsome man with top hat
Original drawing in pencil and chalk on brown paper
Signed lower right
47.2 x 30.1 cm
REFERENCES: Drawing referenced and reproduced in the catalogue raisonné of the work of Monet established by Daniel Wildenstein, Volume V, #D 476
Provenance:
- Claude Monet, Giverny
- Michel Monet, Giverny or Sorel-Moussel (by descendants)
- Henriette Giordanengo, gift of Michel Monet
- Michel Cornebois, gift of Henriette Giordanengo (by descent)
Condition:
On brown paper 47.5 x 30.2 cm mounted on cardboard
Very good condition, slightly curled paper
INFORMATION:
A copy of the catalogue raisonné where the work appears will be attached gracefully to the drawing during his expedition.
Monet's drawings are particularly rare (barely more than a hundred appear in the sales results recorded by Artprice) and sought by collectors. This one is also signed which is rare.