A landscape close to constructive abstraction
Christie's highlights how shapes and textures take precedence here over a fleeting effect of light. The village becomes an order of colored surfaces.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · Giverny · 1886 · W1072
From a height northeast of the village, the red and pink roofs of Giverny fill the foreground. Behind them, a thick strip of trees opens onto the Essarts plain and the blue hills of Bennecourt, under a vast pink and turquoise sky. Signed and dated Claude Monet 86, this oil on canvas measuring 66 × 81.6 cm belongs to a private collection and corresponds to Wildenstein 1072.

Look at the work
The houses are cut by the lower edge and observed from a steep dive. Their interlocking roofs form a first dense strip, followed by trees, fields and finally hills. The sky covers almost the upper third.
Reds, pinks, oranges and creams structure the roofs; emerald greens, blues and yellows make up the vegetation. The hills are simplified into long blue bands, while the sky receives wide pearly passages.
Rather than a descriptive panorama, Monet constructs a patchwork of roofs, trees, fields and hills where each shot has its own texture.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
Christie's highlights how shapes and textures take precedence here over a fleeting effect of light. The village becomes an order of colored surfaces.
The painter sets up his easel on the height northeast of the center. He looks towards the Essarts plain and the Bennecourt hills, about eight kilometers further.
The buildings belong to the owners of the Hôtel Baudy. On the left, behind the first trees, are the houses of Pressoir, an area where Monet has lived since 1883.
Reference image
A single exact image of W1072 is used throughout the sheet and as the sole media for the product. The real WebP measures 2,200 × 1,774 px and retains the native definition available without artificial enlargement.
This proximity gives the diving angle and prevents the village from becoming a conventional distant view.
Roofs, trees, fields and reliefs must remain clearly distinct while sharing the same blues and greens.
Its large, calm surface balances the density of the houses and foliage below.
Documented benchmarks
Christie's documents View of the village of Giverny, oil on canvas from 1886, 66 × 81.6 cm, signed and dated Claude Monet 86 and listed Wildenstein 1072.
Monet is placed on a height close to the village. The distant reliefs follow the Seine valley upstream of Giverny.
Roofs, trees and fields are treated less as isolated objects than as interlocking pictorial areas, momentarily bringing Monet closer to a post-impressionist logic.
After several European collections, the work was deposited at the New Orleans Museum of Art from 1977 to March 2018 before its sale at Christie's in November 2018.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | View of the village of Giverny W1072 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1886 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 66 × 81.6 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Private collection, Non-public location |
| Inventory | Wildenstein 1072 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
This horizontal view is suitable for a living room, dining room or office. A deep green, powder pink or gray blue wall and a warm brown frame emphasize its colorful construction.
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