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Artwork description
Claude Monet · 1890 -1891 · Les Meules · W1269
Two wheat shepherds stand in a still vibrant field of late summer colors. This oil on canvas of 60 × 100.5 cm, inventory 1985.1103 at the Art Institute of Chicago, corresponds to Wildenstein 1269.
Look at the work
The large millstone on the right occupies almost the entire height of the landscape, while a second, smaller and further away, balances the composition on the left. Between them, the gaze joins the houses of Giverny and the low hills. This play of scale makes the depth noticeable without resorting to a strong linear perspective.
The masses are never uniform. Earthy pink, purple, ocher and cold green intersect on the gerbiers; in the field, the blue and mauve touches refresh a yellow light that is still summery. The shadow cast by the large millstone leads the eye forward and gives the motif its monumental presence.
In W1269, the harvest becomes an architecture of light: stable in shape, changing with each touch of color.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
The large millstone is pushed to the right and visually cut by the edge of the field. The small millstone, the village and the line of hills compensate for its weight. Reproduction must maintain this difference in size, essential to the impression of space.
Monet depicts thatched wheat shepherds, erected after harvest in Clos Morin near his house. Their conical silhouette and compact base are weather resistant and provide a stable pattern to compare in multiple lights.
The very elongated format of 60 × 100.5 cm, the two gerbiers and the Claude Monet 91 inscription identify the Chicago canvas. Its Wildenstein number 1269 sets it apart from the other late summer effects in the series.
Reference image
Only one image is used: the documented scanning of the Art Institute of Chicago, converted into a true WebP of 3,000 × 1,778 px at its native resolution, without artificial enlargement.
The colorful field, the two gerbiers then the village and the hill form a very readable succession. The details must gradually decrease without losing the general vibration.
The mauves and blues of the soil prevent the ochres from becoming too hot. On the large millstone, roses only work if they remain mixed with muted greens and purples.
The brushstrokes follow the straw on the millstones, lengthen in the field and become more melted in the sky. This variation gives volume without black outline.
Documented benchmarks
The Art Institute of Chicago documents an oil on canvas from 1890 -1891, 60 × 100.5 cm, inventory 1985.1103 and catalog Wildenstein 1269.
The work entered the museum in 1985 through a donation from Arthur M. Wood Sr. in memory of Pauline Palmer Wood. It belongs to the remarkable set of millstones preserved in Chicago.
Monet presented fifteen Meules at Durand-Ruel in Paris in May 1891. Their critical and commercial success affirmed the principle of the same form observed under different light conditions.
The museum's technical study describes a prepared linen canvas and complex pictorial material. A faithful copy must therefore preserve the changes in density between sky, field and straw.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | Wheat wheels, late summer W1269 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1890 - 1891 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 60 × 100.5 cm |
| Orientation | Panoramic horizontal |
| Conservation | Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States |
| Inventory | 1985.1103 · Wildenstein 1269 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
This horizontal landscape naturally finds its place above a sofa or a low sideboard. Ecru walls, blond wood and a few gray blue textiles extend its light without fading the roses of the field.
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