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Haystack Near Giverny

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Haystack Near Giverny(1884) byClaude Monet

Haystack Near Givernyis an oil on canvas painting byClaude Monet,from 1884. It is held in thePushkin Museum,inMoscow.It is a precursor to his 1890sHaystacks series.

It was bought byPaul Durand-Ruelin 1906 and in spring 1907 he sold it on toIvan Morozov.A letter from Durand-Ruel on 27 May 1907 confirms he received 10,000 francs from Morozov for that work and 40,000 francs forA Corner in the Garden at Montgeron- the former arrived in Moscow on 10 October that year.[1]His collection was seized by the state after theOctober Revolution- the painting was assigned to theState Museum of Modern Western Artuntil its closure in 1948, then moved to its present location.[2]

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  1. ^(in Russian)Братья Морозовы. Великие русские коллекционеры: каталог выставки / Государственный Эрмитаж; Государственный музей изобразительных искусств имени А. С. Пушкина. — СПб.: Изд-во Гос. Эрмитажа, 2019. — 368 с. — ISBN 978-5-93572-861-8, page 62
  2. ^(in Russian)Бессонова М. А., Георгиевская Е. Б. Франция второй половины XIX — XX века. Собрание живописи / Государственный музей изобразительных искусств имени А. С. Пушкина. — М.: Красная площадь, 2001. — 399 с. — ISBN 5-900743-58-6, page 183