Stacks of Wheat (End of Day, Autumn)

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 worked both in the field, painting simultaneously at several easels, and in the studio, refining pictorial harmonies. In this view, and in nearly all of the autumn views, the conical tops of the stacks break the horizon and push into the sky.

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Artist

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

Date

1890–91

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

65.8 × 101 cm (27 7/8 × 39 3/4 in.); Framed: 90.9 × 125.5 × 123.2 cm (35 3/4 × 49 3/8 × 48 1/2 in.)

Origin

France

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection