Claude MONET (1840 - 1926) Horse racing, after Victor Adam Black pencil and watercolor. Signed "O. Monet" lower right. (Restorations, cut corners, drawing doubled). 21.5 x 28.5 cm (sight size) 24 x 32 cm (sheet size) Provenance: Former Suzanne Hoschedé-Butler collection, donated by the artist. Bibliography: Daniel Wildenstein, Monet, T.V, ed. Bibliothèque des arts, 1991, D405, p.121, reproduced. This sheet is the earliest Monet drawing catalogued by Daniel Wildenstein. In his early years, Monet always signed "O. Monet", from his first name "Oscar". The drawing was a gift from Claude Monet himself to Madame Hoschedé-Butler. It is a copy of an engraving by Victor Adam.