Claude Monet: An Invitation to Giverny in 1886…
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A landscape with willows painted shortly after the master moved to Giverny is shortly coming up at auction. The painting with its iridescent light has not been seen in public since 1948. Claude Monet (1840-1926), Les Saules, Giverny, 1886, oil on canvas, signed and dated, 73 x 92 cm/28.7 x 36.2 in. Estimate: €2/3 M As soon as he moved to Giverny in 1883, a place he had chosen for its exceptional light, Monet began tirelessly painting the surrounding landscapes when he wasn't traveling. He worked his way through the region on foot along the roads and the banks of the Seine, through meadows
