À propos de l’œuvre
Iris jaunes et mauves, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · 1924 -1925 · yellow, mauve and foliage of Giverny
Yellow and purple iriseshand painted reproduction
Iris leaves crisscross across the entire width; yellow flowers emerge in the center and a small purple shoot responds from the lower right corner, in a composition almost without soil or horizon.
Look at the work
A network of leaves leads the gaze from yellow to purple
Preserved at the Marmottan Monet Museum under number 5083, the canvas adopts a very horizontal format. The leaves form a continuous network of curves, loops and diagonals which fills the surface without revealing a distinct horizon.
The yellow irises are concentrated around the central third, but Monet refuses the frontal bouquet. Some flowers are almost drowned in greens; others are only indicated by a few touches of lemon. At the bottom right, the purple flowers create a smaller, colder counterpoint, essential for the balance of the palette.
The title names two colors of flowers, but the real subject is rhythm: the leaves lead the eye from a yellow apparition to a distant purple note.
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 field without horizon
Vegetation fills the entire frame. The absence of a clearly separate sky brings the composition closer to a panoramic setting or an abstract surface.
Yellow as a mobile home
Several flowers occupy the center without forming a block. The gaze passes from one to the other following the curving leaves.
Purple as a lateral response
The small flowering on the right edge appears secondary, but it balances the yellows and connects the purples on the bottom to the colder greens.
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 official image of the Marmottan Monet Museum reaches 1500 × 1001 px. Details of 900 × 800 px and 850 × 700 px come directly from this source, without artificial enlargement. All three files are in real WebP.
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.
A painting from the Marmottan Monet Museum
Yellow and purple irises are kept in Paris under inventory number 5083, within Claude Monet's first global collection of works.
The stamp of the workshop at the bottom left
The canvas bears the Claude Monet stamp at the bottom left. It measures 106 × 155 cm and corresponds to Wildenstein number 1837.
Entrance via the Michel Monet legacy
Remaining in the workshop then in the family, the work joined the museum in 1966 with the legacy of Michel Monet. Its inventory is 5083.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- Long curved leaves without simplifying them
- The variety of yolks at the center of the composition
- The discreet mauves of the lower right edge
- The pale blue light that circulates between the plants
Work sheet
| Title | Yellow and purple irises |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1924 - 1925 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 106 × 155 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Marmottan Monet Museum, Paris, France |
| Inventory | 5083 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
The panoramic format and the plant palette are suitable for a wide wall. The canvas naturally dialogues with light wood, linen, sage green, pearl gray and some purple or yellow accessories.
