The exhibition of the Haystacks series at Durand-Ruel Gallery in May is a sell out and Monet’s prices are high, 3,000 – 4,000 francs each. Pissarro claims one American buyer pays 9,000 francs for one painting. Monet's income in 1891 is around 190,000 francs. He is now an extremely wealthy man.
Claude Monet
Haystacks, midday 1890
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Purchased 1979
Photo: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra