Claude Monet (1840-1926)(Attributed*, in the manner of the artist): Waterlilies, signed, marked verso with the impression of Collection Simon, Paris, and a reference number. Pastel on paper, unframed. This pastel painting is accompanied by a certificate from Art Collector's Group Luxembourg.

NOTE: From The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art, website: After Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler returned to Paris from his Swiss exile during World War I, he opened the Galerie Simon, which was named after his partner and financial backer Andre Cahen, known as Andre Simon. The business existed from September 1920 until 1940, when it was closed due to World War II.

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler ran the Galerie Kahnweiler until World War I. After the war, his stock was seized by the French state and liquidated at a series of four sequestration sales held at the H�tel Drouot between 1921 and 1923. Kahnweiler was prohibited by French law from purchasing any works of his former collection in the four sales, so he formed what is known as the Kahnweiler Syndicate, with the German dealer Alfred Flechtheim, Swiss collector Hermann Rupf, his brother Gustav Kahnweiler, Louise Leiris, and Hans Forchheimer. The syndicate bid under the pseudonym Grassati and the works it purchased were for Kahnweiler's new gallery. Among their purchases was Braque's Still Life with Clarinet (Bottle and Clarinet), which they acquired at the second sale for 380 francs.

In contrast to his modest prewar gallery, Kahnweiler's Galerie Simon, located at 29 bis, rue d'Astorg, was comprised of four light-filled large exhibition halls. The location had been secured with the help of the artist Amedee Ozenfant, with whom Kahnweiler had become acquainted in Switzerland during the war, and Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, the painter and architect who would change his name to Le Corbusier that year, who rented a neighboring space from the same landlord.

Dimensions: 8x10.75 in.

Provenance: Private collection, USA; former private collection, Hungary; Domenico Junyer, Rome; Carlos Zevres, London.

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