Water Lily Pond

1917–19

During World War I, after several years of inactivity because of bad health and grief over the death of his second wife, Claude Monet embarked on a period of intense work. He began a group of monumental water lily paintings that he would later offer to the French state. Alongside the project, he painted a suite of 19 smaller canvases, including this one.

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Artist

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

Date

1917–19

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

130.2 × 201.9 cm (51 1/2 × 79 1/2 in.); Framed: 147.4 × 218.5 × 9.9 cm (58 × 86 × 3 7/8 in.)

Origin

France

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Harvey Kaplan