À propos de l’œuvre
Coin du Bassin aux Nymphéas, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · Giverny, 1918 · private collection · W1880
Corner of the water lily pond W1880hand painted reproduction
A curtain of dark vegetation descends over the pool from the upper edge. On the left, red and white flowers cling to a brighter area; in the center, a red and purple bouquet emerges among the long green touches. The water only appears at the bottom, in the form of horizontal reflections where a few petals float. This large vertical canvas from 1918 retains an exceptionally thick material.
Look at the work
Foliage falls like a wall before opening onto a narrow strip of water
The upper half is structured by two masses. On the left, yellow-green foliage bears several red and white flowers; on the right, the greens turn blue-black and mingle with long purple branches. Between the two, a lighter opening suggests the depth of the garden without showing a sky or horizon.
The gaze descends towards a central bouquet, then towards an orange and brown shore. Below this line, the water unfolds in almost horizontal touches of turquoise, green, red and purple. Pink petals float in the foreground. The signature and date Claude Monet 1918 are placed at the bottom right, just above this aquatic area.
The pond occupies little surface area, but its change of direction transforms the entire upper plant mass into branches and measurable reflections.
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.
A dark wall crossed by pure colors
The almost black areas are made of green, blue, purple and brown. The keys should remain visible separately to maintain the depth and freedom of late painting.
Two floral foci that guide the descent
The red accents of the left edge then the center organize the path of the gaze. Their saturation contrasts with the greens without spreading uniformly throughout the canvas.
Horizontal water under vertical branches
In the lower quarter, the keys clearly change direction. The horizontal turquoise and red markings indicate the basin, while a few long leaves continue to fall from the bank.
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 available photographic reproduction measures 1,366 × 2,000 px. The two details of 1,100 × 900 px are native cropping of the upper part and the pelvis, without artificial enlargement. All three media are true controlled and decodable 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.
Painted and dated in Giverny in 1918, Wildenstein 1880
Christie's describes an oil on canvas signed and dated Claude Monet 1918 lower right. The work measures 131.5 × 88.5 cm, was painted in Giverny and appears in the catalog raisonné under number 1880.
Acquired from Monet in January 1919
The Durand-Ruel and Bernheim-Jeune galleries bought the painting directly from the artist in January 1919. It then moved to Henri Canonne in 1923, before entering a private Swiss collection.
An uncoiled canvas whose impasto retains its relief
The sales instructions emphasize that the canvas has never been re-coiled. The layers of paint thus retain their density and reliefs, particularly visible in the long touches of the foliage and in the impasto tops.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The version signed and dated 1918 listed Wildenstein 1880
- The original vertical format of 131.5 × 88.5 cm
- The material reliefs and long touches preserved without smoothing
- The precise transition between vertical foliage, warm shore and horizontal water
Work sheet
| Title | Corner of the water lily pond W1880 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1918 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 131.5 × 88.5 cm |
| Orientation | Vertical |
| Conservation | Private collection, Switzerland |
| Inventory | Wildenstein 1880 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
Forest green, black blue, vermilion red, earth orange and turquoise give this vertical reproduction a deep intensity. It works on a high, open wall, in a library, an entrance or a sober living room, with side light that reveals the material.
