A precisely identified canvas
The Yokohama Museum of Art file documents this 1906 oil on canvas, measuring 81 × 92 cm, as property of Yoshino Gypsum and deposited in the Yamagata Museum of Art. The catalog raisonné classifies it under number 1691.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · 1906 · Yoshino Gypsum collection · W1691
A blue and pink sky descends to the center of the pool while the upper banks are reflected in a dark band. The water lilies, spaced into small islets, give the scale and depth of this horizonless surface. This 1906 version belongs to the Yoshino Gypsum collection and is deposited at the Yamagata Art Museum.

Look at the work
Monet divides the canvas into three flexible zones: a very dark reflected edge at the top, a large sky opening in the center and a denser blue foreground. The leaves aligned near the upper edge recede, while the groups spaced further apart at the bottom appear close to the viewer.
The pink and white touches of the flowers are never decorative. They punctuate the path of the gaze and measure the distance. Around them, blue is tinged with mauve, turquoise and green, so that the water seems flat, deep and full of light.
In W1691, depth is born without a visible shore: the reflected sky and the water lilies are enough to build the entire landscape.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
The Yokohama Museum of Art file documents this 1906 oil on canvas, measuring 81 × 92 cm, as property of Yoshino Gypsum and deposited in the Yamagata Museum of Art. The catalog raisonné classifies it under number 1691.
Framing eliminates the bridge and the banks. Monet superimposes the reflections of trees, clouds and sky on the material presence of floating leaves, creating a voluntary ambiguity between surface and depth.
Blue dominates, but it constantly varies towards purple, green and gray. The small reds, pinks, yellows and whites form rare accents; their exact position is essential for reproductive balance.
Reference image
Only one image is used: the public reproduction of W1691, converted into a real WebP of 543 × 480 px. This native resolution is preserved without artificial enlargement.
The row of reflections and flowers located near the upper edge stabilizes the composition. It must remain denser than the large central blue space, without becoming a rigid line.
The central light is cold but never uniform. Cloud and flower roses respond to each other; greens are reserved for leaves and some reflections.
The reflections are worked with friction and soft touches. Water lilies require shorter, thicker markings in order to remain on the surface of the water.
Documented benchmarks
This version is documented as a 1906 work from the Yoshino Gypsum collection, deposited in the Yamagata Museum of Art, and bears the number Wildenstein 1691.
The original is an oil on canvas measuring 81 × 92 cm painted in 1906. Its almost square format allows Monet to contrast the reflected bank, the central sky and the flowers in the foreground.
The painting belongs to Yoshino Gypsum Co., Ltd. and is deposited at the Yamagata Art Museum, where the collection brings together important modern French works.
Monet paints the pond he has set up near his house. By removing the horizon, it transforms the real garden into a space of reflections where sky, trees and flowers merge.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | Water lilies W1691 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1906 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 81 × 92 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Yamagata Museum of Art, Yamagata, Japan |
| Inventory | Yoshino Gypsum Collection · Wildenstein 1691 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
Deep blue, mauve and pink touches give this reproduction a calm but sustained presence. It goes well with a light living room, a bedroom or an office combining linen, oak, stone gray and some midnight blue accents.
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