À propos de l’œuvre
Le pont japonais, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · 1918 -1924 · Private collection · Wildenstein 1922
The Japanese Bridge, Givernyhand painted reproduction
The bridge blends into emerald green, turquoise and midnight blue vegetation. The dark arch crosses the center, while the pool opens in the foreground with a multitude of small pink, white and purple touches.
Look at the work
Dark arch maintains depth in the middle of a green-saturated garden
The curve of the bridge is read in fragments, reinforced by black blues and cold greens. The branches descend from the upper edge and almost close the sky. To the left, a lighter mass advances towards the viewer like a bank covered in foliage.
In the water, gestures become horizontal and shorter. Water lilies form pink and white rosaries, interrupted by turquoise passages. Monet thus maintains a distinct body of water without resorting to a drawn perspective.
The green range initially appears uniform; However, it turns out to be constructed by constantly opposite temperatures and key directions.
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 visible by density
The bridge does not need to be redesigned. It appears because its blue-green colors are darker and more continuous than neighboring keys.
A plant curtain in several depths
The yellow greens advance, the turquoise retreats and the black blues deepen the shadows. These gaps must remain perceptible.
Water lilies as punctuation
The little touches of pink, cream and purple liven up the water. Their irregularity is essential; regular sowing would freeze the pond.
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 exact view measures 1284 × 973 px. Details of 1050 × 430 px and 1050 × 400 px are direct cropping of the same W1922 file. No enlargements were applied; all three images are real WebPs.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
The work belongs to a private collection. Its identification, dimensions and provenance are documented by the Sotheby's sales catalog of 2005 and by the Wildenstein catalog raisonné.
The Wildenstein 1922 version
This oil on canvas measuring 89 × 116 cm is dated 1918 -1924. It bears a signature stamp attested in a photo-certificate from 1943.
André Schoeller then the same family
The Parisian merchant André Schoeller sold it in 1943. It then remained in the same family collection until its presentation at Sotheby's in November 2005.
A pattern transformed by late painting
In the last Japanese Bridges, Monet merges the structure of the garden with the painted surface. The pattern remains present but becomes inseparable from impasto and repetitions.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The exact Wildenstein 1922 version
- The suggested arch without uniform line
- The different green temperatures preserved
- Water lilies distributed irregularly
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 | Private collection, Location not communicated |
| Inventory | Wildenstein 1922 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
This horizontal reproduction creates intense plant depth. It works particularly well on a cream, dark green, midnight blue or light wood wall, with soft side lighting.
