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The Red Kerchief
Claude Monetc. 1868–73
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This painting depicts Monet's first wife, Camille, outside on a snowy day passing by the French doors of their home at Argenteuil. Her face is rendered in a radically bold Impressionist technique of mere daubs of paint quickly applied, just as the snow and trees are defined by broad, broken strokes of pure white and green.
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- Title: The Red Kerchief
- Creator: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
- Date Created: c. 1868–73
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 128.3 x 105.7 x 14.6 cm (50 1/2 x 41 5/8 x 5 3/4 in.); Unframed: 99 x 79.8 cm (39 x 31 7/16 in.)
- Provenance: Michel Monet [1878-1966] Giverny, France, bequeathed from the artist's estate to his son, 1931, Edouard Molyneux [1891-1974] Paris, France, 1939, (Carroll Carstairs Gallery, New York, NY, September 16, 1948, sold to Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.), Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. [1889-1958], Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.39
- Medium: oil on fabric
- Inscriptions: Not signed
- Fun Fact: Madame Monet’s red cape draws the viewer’s attention beyond the glass of the French doors capturing her glance, a brief moment frozen in time. This painting was very special to Monet and he kept it with him for his entire life.
- Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
- Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
- Accession Number: 1958.39
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