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La Maison du douanier à Varengeville W739 par Claude Monet
  • La Maison du douanier à Varengeville W739 par Claude Monet
  • La Maison du douanier à Varengeville W739 par Claude Monet
The Customs House, Varengeville W739 - Claude Monet

The Customs House, Varengeville W739 - Claude Monet

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Artwork description

Reproduction details

Claude Monet · Varengeville-sur-Mer · 1882 · W739

The Customs House, Varengeville W739hand painted reproduction

A small customs house, seen from above, nestles in dense vegetation above the clear sea and distant cliffs. Painted in 1882, this oil on canvas measuring 61 × 74.9 cm is kept at the Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum under number 1934.27 and corresponds to Wildenstein 739.

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The Customs House, Varengeville W739Claude Monet · 1882
1882Dating
61 × 74.9 cmDimensions of the original
Oil on canvasOriginal technique
1934.27 · Wildenstein 739Inventory
A real paintingThe canvas is painted, never printed.
Created for youEach copy is made to order.
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Look at the work

A tiny house suspended between the garden and the sea

The brown roof and the two chimneys emerge in the center right, almost swallowed up by grass and trees. The gaze then descends towards the coast before going up towards a long line of blue cliff on the horizon.

Emerald green, turquoise blue, purple and ocher respond to each other in the vegetation. The sea receives clear horizontal touches, while the blue sky is animated by white and pink clouds.

The house does not interrupt the landscape: its walls and roof become colorful fragments within the movement of grass, sea and sky.

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.

01

A high point of view

Monet looks at the house from the plateau rather than from the beach. The land plunges towards the sea and gives immediate depth to the composition.

02

Architecture absorbed by the touch

The building remains identifiable, but its contours are crossed by vegetation. It appears as an element of the site, not as an isolated subject.

03

A succession of luminous shots

Dark foreground, light house, sparkling sea and distant cliff organize the space. Each area has a distinct touch direction.

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Only one exact image of W739 is used. The real WebP measures 2,400 × 1,953 px and maintains the full framing of the canvas without artificial enlargement.

Composition01

Keep the two chimneys and the slope of the roof

These details are enough to identify the house. Thickening them or making them too geometric would disrupt their integration into the foliage.

Color02

Preserve the multiple greens of the foreground

Emerald, olive, blue and yellow overlap. A single green would flatten the relief and make the path towards the sea disappear.

Matter03

Keep the sea clear but structured

Small white and blue touches should remain visible. A smooth surface would lose the luminous glare observed from the cliff.

Documented benchmarks

Three pieces of information specific to this work

The Harvard Art Museums documents House of the Customs Officer, Varengeville, oil on canvas from 1882, 61 × 74.9 cm, signed lower left, inventory 1934.27 and Wildenstein 739.

Location01

The coast between Pourville and Varengeville

The museum also gives the title Customs House, Pourville, near Varengeville. Monet explored this Norman coastline from several angles during his stay in 1882.

Provenance02

Octave Mirbeau bought it from Monet in 1884

The critic and writer, ardent defender of impressionism, kept the work until its sale in 1919; she then moved to Durand-Ruel.

Collection03

Legacy of Annie Swan Coburn in 1934

The painting entered the Fogg Museum with the bequest of Chicago collector Annie Swan Coburn and has been in print since number 1934.27.

Your reproduction

What the painter must preserve

Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.

  • The Wildenstein 739 version
  • The house and its two fireplaces
  • The thick foliage in the foreground
  • The clear sea and the cliffs in the distance

Work sheet

Title The Customs House, Varengeville W739
Artist Claude Monet (1840 -1926)
Date 1882
Original technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 61 × 74.9 cm
Orientation Horizontal
Conservation Harvard Art Museums /Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Inventory 1934.27 · Wildenstein 739
Your reproduction Handmade oil painting on canvas
Consult the official notice - Harvard Art Museums · 1934.27

Presentation in your interior

A palette designed with the room

This maritime view is suitable for a living room, bedroom or entrance. A sage green, pale blue or warm white wall and an oak frame highlight its freshness.

The Customs House, Varengeville W739, paints for your interior

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