Focus on Effect of Snow on Petit-Montrouge and discuss the Provenance.
Effet de neige à Petit-Montrouge is not mentioned in Manet's sales documents, indicating that it is possible that he gave the painting to H. Charlet, mentioned in the dedication of the painting, shortly after it was completed. However, the Rouart/Wildenstein authors speculate that Manet gave the painting to the journalist Pierre Giffard (1853–1922), who in turn sold the painting to the Durand-Ruel art dealership in 1905. Durand-Ruel maintained possession of Effet de neige à Petit-Montrouge until October 1912, when it was acquired by the Welsh art collector Gwendoline Davies. After her death, Davies' impressive art collection, which housed this painting, was bequeathed to the present National Museum in Cardiff.
Petit-Montrouge Gwendoline Davies