In the context of Bords de la Seine à Argenteuil, discuss the History of the Fake or Fortune? investigation.
The title Bords de la Seine à Argenteuil along with the date, 1875, appears on the frame, and there is a painted signature purportedly of Claude Monet.The painting was sold by Georges Petit in 1918 to the Khalil Palace in Cairo, where it stayed until 1953.The painting was acquired by art historian David Joel in 1992 for £40,000. The painting had previously been offered for sale at auction, but failed to reach its £500,000 reserve. The painting was included by the Artizon Museum (then the Bridgestone Museum of Art) in "Monet: a Retrospective" in 1994.For a number of years after he purchased it, Joel attempted to establish it as an authentic Monet.
Artizon Museum Seine Georges Petit Argenteuil Claude Monet