À propos de l’œuvre
Le Pont japonais, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · 1918 -1924 · Marmottan Monet Museum · 5106
The Japanese Bridge, Givernyhand painted reproduction
In version 5106, the arch can be seen in the middle of a red, yellow, blue-gray and sea green material applied with almost brutal energy. The flowers seem to fall in long verticals while the pool opens in light bands under the bridge.
Look at the work
The ark almost disappears behind a flowering of vertical gestures
The curve of the bridge crosses the center in dark red, purple and green. It is fragmented by yellow and white stems which descend from the upper part. On the left, a lighter area lets the composition breathe; on the right, the reds and blues form a much denser mass.
In the pool, Monet places horizontal cream, blue gray and green bands, then covers them with touches of red, yellow and turquoise. The material does not imitate smooth water: it retains the repetitions, hesitations and contradictory directions which make this painting almost abstract.
The motif remains a bridge over a pool, but the real scene is now the vision itself: overflowing colors, intersecting gestures, and light dissolving objects.
Composition, touch and light
What Monet builds behind the impression of snapshot
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
An arch perceptible in fragments
The reds and purples of the bridge should not be combined into a regular line. The curve appears, disappears under the flowers, then returns to the right half.
Verticals that suggest flowering
Yellow, white and blue descend from the top like stems or clusters. Their rhythm must remain irregular to preserve the energy of the late touch.
A basin built in opposite layers
The long, light bands are covered in shorter, warmer gestures. The relief of these overlays matters as much as the final color.
Details and visual documents
Observe the material and the exact version
The additional images show the difficult-to-read passages in the full view and, where it exists, the actual appearance of the work at the museum.
The main view measures 1500 × 1148 px. Details of 1120 × 500 px and 1080 × 400 px come directly from inventory 5106. No files have been enlarged; all three images are true verified WebPs.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
These facts concern this precise version and are verified from the notice of the institution which keeps it.
Inventory 5106, Wildenstein catalog 1933
The Marmottan Monet Museum preserves this oil on canvas measuring 89 × 116 cm, unsigned and dated between 1918 and 1924.
A painting linked to Monet's cataract
The museum notice highlights the new brutality of the application and the difficulty in distinguishing a completed state. The painter's altered vision contributes to the predominance of colors and the almost indecipherable character of the motif.
The legacy of Michel Monet in 1966
Remaining in the artist's family, the painting entered the Marmottan Monet Museum through the legacy of Michel Monet. It belongs to the exceptional group of the ultimate Japanese Bridges preserved in Paris.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The exact version Marmottan 5106, Wildenstein 1933
- The curve of the bridge visible only intermittently
- The floral verticals kept free and irregular
- Thick superpositions of the pelvis without smoothing
Work sheet
| Title | The Japanese Bridge, Giverny |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1918 - 1924 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 89 × 116 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Marmottan Monet Museum, Paris, France |
| Inventory | 5106 · Wildenstein 1933 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
Reds, yellows, turquoise and purples give this reproduction a very expressive presence. It becomes a focal point on a cream, midnight blue, dark green or terracotta wall, with a side light revealing the material.
