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Water Lilies
ca. 1914-1917
Dark blossoms and bright leaves drift among the reflected clouds on the water’s surface. No horizon is in sight. In the 1880s and 1890s, Monet developed a small natural pond on his property at Giverny into an extensive water garden inspired by Japanese ukiyo-e prints. This garden functioned as a kind of outdoor studio where he ultimately painted some two hundred fifty pictures, among them several of his most iconic works. This example likely dates to the mid-1910s but betrays no hint of the First World War raging not far from Giverny.
- Artist
- Claude Monet (1840-1926)
- Title
- Water Lilies
- Date
- ca. 1914-1917
- Object Type
- Paintings
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 65 3/8 x 56 in. (166.1 x 142.2 cm)Image: 71 x 57 1/2 in. (180.34 x 146.05 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection
- Accession Number
- 1973.3