A view taken from the heights
The Phillips Collection places the view from the cliffs above the Côte des Hérons, facing Dieppe and Val-Saint-Nicolas. This height explains the large sea surface and the plunging coast.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · 1897 · Phillips 1377 · W1466
The morning light almost erases the border between the English Channel and the sky. On the right, the cliff of Val-Saint-Nicolas descends in pink, mauve and green masses; on the left, the water extends in a blue-gray light. Monet observes the coast from the heights and transforms the Norman relief into a delicate balance between material and mist.

Look at the work
The coastal profile starts high in the right corner then descends in stages towards the center. The rocks and vegetation are built in small touches of pink, purple, green and ocher. No dark lines close their silhouette.
The left opening appears empty at first, but contains fine variations of blue, pink and cream. The horizontal gestures of the sea remain distinct from the more flexible cloudy passages. The horizon can be guessed without becoming a rigid separation.
Morning reduces the landscape to a few essential relationships: the colorful weight of the cliff, the pale expanse of the sea and the air that connects them.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
The Phillips Collection places the view from the cliffs above the Côte des Hérons, facing Dieppe and Val-Saint-Nicolas. This height explains the large sea surface and the plunging coast.
The volumes are born from juxtaposed hot and cold touches. Pink advances, blue and purple retreat; their alternation replaces traditional brown shadows.
The sea and the sky share very similar values. Strengthening their limit would destroy the morning atmosphere and reduce the luminous depth sought by Monet.
Reference image
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The marine opening balances the mass of the cliff. Its subtlety depends on small temperature variations, not uniform blue filling.
Salmon pink, mauve, beige and muted green describe the chalk under the light. These colors must remain delicate so as not to harden the relief.
The coast requires fragmented marks; the sky and the sea more linked passages. This opposition restores the material without losing the mist.
Documented benchmarks
These landmarks concern Val-Saint-Nicolas, near Dieppe (morning), Phillips 1377 and Wildenstein 1466.
The Phillips Collection dates this oil on canvas to 1897 and publishes dimensions of 64.77 × 100.01 cm. It corresponds to number 1466 of the Wildenstein catalog raisonné.
The museum notice places Monet on the heights of the Côte des Hérons, looking east. Val-Saint-Nicolas appears beyond the first relief.
Duncan Phillips acquired the painting in 1959 after having long searched for a landscape by Monet for his collection. Today it has object number 1377.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | Val-Saint-Nicolas, Phillips W1466 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1897 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 64.77 × 100.01 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, United States |
| Inventory | 1377 · Wildenstein 1466 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
Blue gray, mineral pink, mauve, cream and muted green give this horizontal reproduction a peaceful light. It is suitable for a living room, bedroom or office in natural tones.
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