Details CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926) Le bassin aux nymphéas stamped with signature 'Claude Monet' (Lugt 1819b; lower right); stamped again with signature ‘Claude Monet’ (Lugt 1819b; on the reverse) oil on canvas 39 3⁄8 x 78 7⁄8 in. (100.1 x 200.6 cm.) Painted circa 1917-1919 Provenance Estate of the artist. Michel Monet, Giverny (by descent from the above). Katia Granoff, Paris. Mme Maillot. Collection Michel. Master Arts Establishment, Vaduz. Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, 22 March 1972. Literature D. Rouart, Claude Monet: Historical and Critical Study, Geneva, 1972, p. 175 (illustrated). D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1985, vol. IV, p. 290, no. 1898 (illustrated, p. 291). D. Wildenstein, Monet: Catalogue raisonné, Cologne, 1996, vol. IV, p. 903, no. 1898 (illustrated, pp. 902-903). J.-D. Rey and D. Rouart, Monet Water Lilies: The Complete Series, Paris, 2008, p. 140 (illustrated).