Branch of the Seine near Giverny (Mist)
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)1897
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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About this work
This placid landscape is the result of an energetic creative process. For months Claude Monet rose before dawn to travel by rowboat to the same location on the river Seine, where he painted 14 canvases simultaneously, reworking them as the light shifted. Although this painting appears hazy and vague, Monet made deliberate technical decisions—for instance, blurring a once-distinct horizon line with vigorously blended brushstrokes that grow looser as they radiate outward. Monet custom-ordered the nearly square canvas, an unusual shape that contributes to the disorienting nature of the scene, half of which represents a reflection on the water. By diffusing the landscape through these techniques, Monet attempted to capture the transience of light and mist, a theme he pursued throughout his career.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 89.9 × 92.7 cm (35 3/8 × 36 1/2 in.)
Museum record · 1 owner · 14 exhibitions
Provenance
- Jos Hessel, Paris, by Oct. 26, 1916; sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, Oct. 26, 1916, for 20,000 francs; sold to Durand-Ruel, New York, Nov. 6 or Dec. 4, 1916; sold to Martin A. Ryerson, Chicago, Dec. 8, 1916, for $10,000; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.
Exhibitions
- Paris, Galerie George Petit, Exposition Claude Monet, June–July 1898.
- New York, Durand-Ruel, Paintings by Claude Monet, Dec. 9–23, 1916, as Matinée sur la Seine.
- Toledo (Ohio) Museum of Art, Paintings by French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, Nov. 7–Dec. 12, 1937.
- Akron (Ohio) Art Institute, Oct. 18, 1946–Nov. 10, 1947, no cat. Boston, Mass., Richard C. Morrison, Nov. 19, 1948–Dec. 26, 1950, no cat. Art Institute of Chicago, The Paintings of Claude Monet, Apr. 1–June 15, 1957, no cat. no. Art Institute of Chicago, The Artist Looks at the Landscape, June 22–Aug. 25, 1974, no cat. Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Monet, Mar. 15–May 11, 1975.
- Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Monet in the ’90s: The Series Paintings, February 7–April 29, 1990; Art Institute of Chicago, May 19–August 12, 1990; London, Royal Academy of Arts, September 7–December 9, 1990.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Claude Monet, 1840–1926, July 22–Nov. 26, 1995.
- Florence, Sala Bianca di Palazzo Pitti, Claude Monet: La poesia della luce; Sette capolavori dell’Art Institute di Chicago a Palazzo Pitti, June 2–Aug. 29, 1999, no cat. no..
- Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Monet’s Garten, Oct. 29, 2004–Mar. 13, 2005.
- Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Art Museum, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–Nov. 2, 2008.
- Tulsa, OK, Philbrook Museum of Art, Monet and the Seine: Impressions of a River, June 29-September 21, 2014; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 26, 2014-February 1, 2015.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Monet and Chicago, September 5, 2020-June 14, 2021.
- Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Golden Boy Gustave Klimt.
- Inspired by Van Gogh, Rodin, Matisse..., Oct. 7, 2022-Jan. 8, 2023; Vienna, Osterreichische Galerie, Klimt.
- Inspired by Van Gogh, Rodin, Matisse…, Feb. 3-May 29, 2023.
