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Claude Monet

Late Work

May 1–June 26, 2010
West 21st Street, New York

Installation view, photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view, photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view, photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view, photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view, photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view, photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view, photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view, photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view, photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view, photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view Photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view Photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view Photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view Photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view Photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view Photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view Photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view Photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view Photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view Photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view Photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view Photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view Photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view Photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view Photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view Photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view Photo by Rob McKeever

Installation view Photo by Rob McKeever

Works Exhibited

Claude Monet, Nymphéas, 1906 Oil on canvas, 32 × 36 ¼ inches (81 × 92 cm)

Claude Monet, Nymphéas, 1906

Oil on canvas, 32 × 36 ¼ inches (81 × 92 cm)

Claude Monet Nymphéas, 1907 Oil on canvas 39 1/2 × 28 3/4 inches (100 × 73 cm) Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris

Claude Monet Nymphéas, 1907

Oil on canvas 39 1/2 × 28 3/4 inches (100 × 73 cm) Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris

Claude Monet, Nymphéas, 1908 Oil on canvas, 36 ¼ × 32 inches (92 × 81 cm). Private collection

Claude Monet, Nymphéas, 1908

Oil on canvas, 36 ¼ × 32 inches (92 × 81 cm). Private collection

Claude Monet Nymphéas, 1914–17 Oil on canvas 59 × 78 3/4 inches (150 × 200 cm) Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel

Claude Monet Nymphéas, 1914–17

Oil on canvas 59 × 78 3/4 inches (150 × 200 cm) Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel

Claude Monet Les Bassin aux nymphéas, 1917–19 Oil on canvas 39 1/4 × 78 3/4 inches (100 × 200 cm) Honolulu Academy of Art, Purchased in memory of Robert Allerton, 1966

Claude Monet Les Bassin aux nymphéas, 1917–19

Oil on canvas 39 1/4 × 78 3/4 inches (100 × 200 cm) Honolulu Academy of Art, Purchased in memory of Robert Allerton, 1966

Claude Monet L'Allée de Rosiers, 1920–22 Oil on canvas 35 × 39 1/2 inches (89 × 100 cm) Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris

Claude Monet L'Allée de Rosiers, 1920–22

Oil on canvas 35 × 39 1/2 inches (89 × 100 cm) Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris

Claude Monet Le pont japonais, 1918–24 Oil on canvas 35 × 39 1/2 inches (89 × 100 cm) Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris

Claude Monet Le pont japonais, 1918–24

Oil on canvas 35 × 39 1/2 inches (89 × 100 cm) Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris

About

The instantaneity of Monet, far from being passive, requires an unusual power of generalization, of abstraction. . . Monet declares: here is nature, not as you or I habitually see it, but as you are able to see it, not in this or that particular effect but in others like it. The vision I propose to you is superior; my painting will change your reality.
—Michel Butor, 1962

Gagosian is pleased to present Claude Monet: Late Work, curated by Paul Hayes Tucker. The most significant gathering of Monet’s late paintings to take place in New York in more than thirty years, it will focus on the most important late subjects drawn from his gardens at Giverny—Nymphéas, Le pont japonais, and L’allée de rosiers—which are among the most treasured paintings of his long and prodigious career.

The exhibition begins with a selection of early Nymphéas that were first shown in 1909 at the Galerie Durand-Ruel to great critical acclaim. From these delicate, poetic paintings follow the more experimental post-1914 paintings, which were never exhibited during the artist's lifetime. Aggressively rendered with broad brushwork and unusual color combinations these late paintings stand in marked contrast to the more refined 1909 works, attesting to the modernity of Monet's expanded vision.

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