Stack of Wheat

1890–91

Through 1890 and 1891, Monet created a series of paintings depicting the stacks of wheat that stood outside his farmhouse in Giverny. These stacks were, for the artist, a symbol of sustenance and survival. He painted at several easels simultaneously in the field and then refined pictorial harmonies in the studio. The Art Institute has the world's largest group of Monet’s Stacks of Wheat.

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Artist

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

Date

1890–91

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

65.8 × 92.3 cm (25 15/16 × 36 3/8 in.); Framed: 82.6 × 109.6 × 6.7 cm (32 1/2 × 43 1/8 × 2 5/8 in.)

Origin

France

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

Purchased with funds provided by the Searle Family Trust; Major Acquisitions Centennial Endowment; through prior acquisitions of the Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson and Potter Palmer collections; through prior bequest of Jerome Friedman