Three panels designed as a single environment
Each canvas measures approximately 200 × 424.8 cm. Together, they reach 1,276 cm wide. The connections remain visible, but colors, clouds and groups of water lilies circulate from one panel to another.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · 1914 -1926 · MoMA 666.1959.ac · W1972 -1974
Over more than twelve meters, three panels bring together water, clouds and water lilies in a landscape without shore or horizon. The central part lights up with blue, green and lavender; on the left, the reflections become darker; on the right, red and green vegetation gradually absorbs the light. on the right, red and green vegetation gradually absorbs the light. On the right, red and green vegetation gradually absorbs the light. On the right, red and green vegetation gradually absorbs the light. Monet no longer guides the gaze towards a distance: he immerses it in the changing surface of the pool.

Look at the work
The triptych reads like a continuous image, but each panel has a distinct rhythm. On the left, the deep blue-green shapes form a dense entrance. In the center, light reflections unfold around groups of water lilies. On the right, reds, browns and greens tighten the space again.
Clouds are never outlined by an outline. They appear as lavender, cream and pale blue layers caught under the floating leaves. This overlay reverses the usual depth: what appears to be the sky is a reflection in the water, while the water lilies actually occupy the surface.
The viewer does not contemplate the pool from the outside: the width of the triptych forces him to turn his gaze and enter into the movement of reflections.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
Each canvas measures approximately 200 × 424.8 cm. Together, they reach 1,276 cm wide. The connections remain visible, but colors, clouds and groups of water lilies circulate from one panel to another.
No edge fixes the top or bottom of the scene. Horizontal leaves indicate surface area, while large areas of color suggest reflections. Space remains deliberately oscillating between flatness and depth.
MoMA indicates that Monet worked and took up these large compositions from 1914 until his death. Impasto, corrections and layers must remain visible in a faithful oil reproduction.
Reference image
The single reference photograph measures 4,273 × 817 px. It shows the complete MoMA triptych and has been encoded as a true WebP to its native definition, without artificial enlargement.
The center breathes more than the ends. The dark masses thus frame a vast luminous area without forming a regular decorative edge. This progression gives direction to the panorama.
The cold scale dominates, but the right side introduces warm red-browns and greens. These accents prevent the monumental composition from becoming uniform and modulate the light along its entire length.
Leaves and flowers receive relatively short touches; clouds and reflections are constructed by much broader gestures. The difference in scale between these brands produces immersion.
Documented benchmarks
This information concerns the triptych of the Museum of Modern Art, inventory 666.1959.ac and Wildenstein issues 1972 to 1974.
The set includes three oils on canvas of 200 × 424.8 cm each, or approximately 200 × 1,276 cm in total. The three panels correspond to Wildenstein numbers 1972, 1973 and 1974.
Monet imagines panels capable of surrounding the viewer with water, flora and sky. He built a large workshop in Giverny in 1915 to work on these monumental formats.
Remaining in the workshop then passed on to Michel Monet, the triptych passes through the Katia Granoff gallery. The Museum of Modern Art acquired it in 1959 thanks to Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | Cloud reflections, MoMA triptych W1972 -1974 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1914 - 1926 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 200 × 1,276 cm in total |
| Orientation | Panoramic, three panels |
| Conservation | Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States |
| Inventory | 666.1959.ac · Wildenstein 1972 -1974 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
Deep blue, sea green, lavender, dull gold and rust give this reproduction an enveloping presence. The very panoramic format is suitable for a large open wall; a reduction must retain the width of the whole to preserve the original experience.
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