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An oil painting portrays a younger dark-haired man in a black jacket.

An oil painting portrays a younger man. His face is turned three quarters while his eyes look straight ahead. His black hair is brushed back, and his beard is short. He wears a black blazer jacket, grey shirt with a white collar and no tie. The background is dark grey. The painter’s signature is in the right bottom corner in black.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.198
People
Claude Monet, French (Paris, France 1840 - 1926 Giverny, France)
Title
Self-Portrait
Other Titles
Former Title: Portrait d'Ernest Cabade
Former Title: Portrait of a Man
Former Title: Portrait d'Homme
Former Title: Männliches Bildnis
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1867
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370173

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
62.1 × 46.9 cm (24 7/16 × 18 7/16 in.)
frame: 85 × 70 cm (33 7/16 × 27 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: verso, top right of frame, red border: [typewritten:] PAINTINGS BY MONET / [printed:] The Art Institute of Chicago / [typewritten:] March 15 - May 11, 1975 / Monsieur Cabade / Dr. and Mrs. Arthur K. Solomon / Cambridge, Massachusetts / #11
  • label: verso, top right of frame: [printed:] THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART / 138 NEWBURY STREET, BOSTON 16, MASSACHUSETTS / ARTIST [typewritten:] MONET / [printed:] TITLE [typewritten:] oil*[struckthrough] / [printed:] ICA NUMBER [typewritten:] 55-1-52 / [printed:] MEDIUM & SIZE [typewritten:] oil / [printed:] OWNER [typewritten:] A. K. Solomon / 27 Cragie St. / [printed:] RETURN TO
  • label: verso, top left of frame: [printed:] S.E. No. [typewritten:] 2396.6 / [printed:] MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS / BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS / SPECIAL LOAN EXHIBTION / OF / [typewritten:] Peter Bent Brigham Tour
  • label: verso, upper left of frame: [printed:] Title [typewritten:] Portrait of M. Calade [sic] / [printed:] Artist [typewritten:] Claude Monet / [printed:] Dr. & Mrs. Arthur K. Solomon / [printed:] Address [typewritten:] 27 Cragie St. / Cambridge, Mass. / [printed:] [cut off text]
  • inscription: lower right: A mon ami Cabade, Claude Monet 1867

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Ernest Cabadé, Valence d’Agen, by descent; to his wife, Marie Anaïs Minna de Calbiac, and daughters Marie Louise Eugénie de Laverrie de Vivans and Jeanne Cabadé,1917; Jeanne Cabadé, [1] sold; to [Hector Brame, Paris, 1924]. [Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1925]. [Thannhauser, Berlin, 1927 until at least 1928]. Mrs. Lussia Neumann (nee Eitingon), New York, sold [through Dr. A. Kronarher]; to [Justin K. Thannhauser, New York, by 1945], sold; to Arthur K. Solomon, c. 1946; The Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Trust, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Notes
[1] When Jean-Baptiste Joseph Ernest Cabadé died in 1917 his déclaration de mutation par décès noted that his posessions, including works of art, were to be the communal property of his widow and daughters. In 1924, a Mme. Cabadé brought the painting to Hector Brame, and this is likely Jeanne, his unmarried daugher, as his wife Marie Anaïs Minna de Calbiac died in 1921.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.198
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Claude Monet, 1840-1926, exh. cat., Galerien Thannhauser (Berlin, 1928), p. 8, cat. no. 6 as "Männliches Bildnis"
  • A loan exhibition of paintings by Claude Monet for the benefit of the children of Giverny, exh. cat., Wildenstein Galleries (New York, NY, 1945), p. 23, cat. no. 2, as "Portrait d'Homme"
  • Claude Monet, exh. cat., Richard L. Feigen (New York, 1969), p. 23, cat. no. 3, repr.
  • Daniel Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Biographie et Catalogue Raisonné, La Bibliothèque des Arts (Lausanne, Switzerland, 1974 - 1991), vol. I, pp. 164-165, 423-424, cat. no. 100, letters 33-34, repr.
  • Paintings by Monet, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL, 1975), pp. 64-65, cat. no. 11, repr.
  • Daniel Wildenstein, Monet, oder, Der Triumph des Impressionismus, Taschen and Wildenstein Institute (Cologne, 1996), vol. II, pp. 52-53, no. 100, repr.
  • Mary Matthews Gedo, Monet and his Muse: Camille Monet in the Artist's Life (Chicago, 2010), pp. 60-64

Exhibition History

  • Claude Monet, 1840-1926, Galerien Thannhauser, 02/15/1928 - 03/30/1928
  • A Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Claude Monet, Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 04/11/1945 - 05/12/1945
  • Claude Monet, Richard L. Feigen & Co. Inc., 10/15/1969 - 11/15/1969
  • Claude Monet, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 03/15/1975 - 05/11/1975
  • 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/10/2023 - 02/01/2024

Verification Level

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