Water Lily Pond
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)1917–19
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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
During World War I, after several years of inactivity because of bad health and grief over the death of his second wife, Claude Monet embarked on a period of intense work. Building a large studio and improving his garden, he began a group of monumental paintings of water lilies that he would later offer to the French state. Alongside this project, he painted a suite of 19 smaller canvases, including the present one. There is evidence—including a few photographs of the artist working in his garden—that Monet conceived these paintings outdoors and then reworked them in his studio. By this last stage of his career, however, the distinction between observation and memory in his work is intangible, and perhaps even irrelevant.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 130.2 × 201.9 cm (51 1/2 × 79 1/2 in.)
Museum record · 3 owners · 8 exhibitions
Provenance
- The artist (died 1926); by descent to his son, Michel Monet, Giverny.
- Probably Katia Granoff, Paris, by Oct. 16, 1956.
- Paul Rosenberg, New York, by Oct. 16, 1956; sold to Harvey Kaplan (d. 1964), Chicago, Oct. 16, 1956; by descent to his wife, Ruth G. Kaplan, 1964; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, beginning in 1982.
Exhibitions
- Possibly Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Impressionisten: Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, Vorläufer und Zeitgenossen, Sept. 3–Nov. 20, 1949.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Collectors: An Exhibition Sponsored by the Men’s Council of the Art Institute, Sept. 20–Oct. 27, 1963, no cat. no..
- Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Monet, Mar. 15–May 11, 1975.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Claude Monet, 1840–1926, July 22–Nov. 26, 1995.
- Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Art Museum, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–Nov. 2, 2008.
- New York, Gagosian Gallery, Claude Monet: Late Work, May 1–June 26, 2010, no cat. no..
- San Francisco, De Young Museum, "Monet: The Late Years", February 16 - May 27 2019; Fort Worth, Texas, Kimbell Art Museum, June 6 - September 15 2019.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Monet and Chicago, September 5, 2020-June 14, 2021.
