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Water Lilies (Nymphéas), 1906

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Oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1906, 87.6 × 92.7 cm, held at the Art Institute of Chicago. One of approximately 250 paintings in Monet's Water Lilies series depicting the water garden at his Giverny estate.

Scholarly Significance

Anchor the Impressionism cluster with the 1906 AIC canvas from Monet's Water Lilies (Nymphéas) series, with full production-event linkage.

Notes

·One of approximately 250 paintings constituting Monet's Water Lilies series, executed 1896–1926.
·Depicts the floating surface of the water lily pond in Monet's garden at Giverny, Normandy.
·Acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago in 1933; part of the Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection.
·Notable for its elimination of horizon line and dissolution of conventional spatial depth, anticipating abstract painting.
·The Nymphéas series represents Monet's most sustained investigation of a single motif and is a cornerstone of late Impressionism.