Stack of Wheat (Thaw, Sunset)

1890–91

Through 1890 and 1891, Monet created a series of paintings depicting the stacks of wheat that stood outside his farmhouse in Giverny. He painted at several easels simultaneously outside and then refined pictorial harmonies in the studio. In most of the winter views, like this one, the stacks seem wrapped by bands of hill and field, as if bedded down for the season.

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Artist

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

Date

1890–91

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

64.4 × 92.5 cm (25 3/8 × 36 7/16 in.); Framed: 79.1 × 107 × 5.8 cm (31 1/8 × 42 1/8 × 2 1/4 in.)

Origin

France

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Searle