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This information
was gathered from Daniel Wildenstein's 5-Volume Catalogue Raisomme
of Monet's roughly 2,000 surviving paintings.
Monet's custom,
like may of his peers, was to sign the picture upon sale, give it a
good layer of varnish and make the exchange. This proved to be
problematic. Monet had as many as 200 or more paintings lost or
taken by creditors. Some were sold and the purchasers would have to
hunt him down to have him sign them. When Claude Monet died he left
behind many unsigned paintings. To facilitate this problem, a stamp
was made to attach to these unsigned masterpieces (543).
Note: Painted in 1879 and never signed. Here are a few signatures
for comparison.
Compare the "T"
in Monet. (38), (65),
(67),
(146)
Compare the "M"
in Monet. (14),
(18), (67),
(154), (210),
(223)
Compare the "d"
in Claude: (65), (67), (95),
(133), (141),
(154), (210),
(223), (238)
Bohemian Slash as
a finishing gesture: (18), (20),
(39), (51), (65),
(67), (139),
(158) Click here to view
discovered
masterpiece
Many of Monets
paintings have dates and many do not and not all dates are correct.
Many paintings took years from conception to completion. They are
signed on all four corners and in no way relating to any given time
period. Looking at the years between 1867 and 1877 he signed 14
pictures to the upper left and 11 to the upper right. Four of these
pictures are with dates. Signed upper right 1869 (141),
signed upper left 1870 (146) and the
discovered masterpiece upper right 1871 .
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