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Water Lilies

Claude Monet, 1906

Monet crops away the horizon so the pond becomes a field of reflected light, submerged color, and floating blossoms.

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 89.9 × 94.1 cm
Gallery: Art Institute of Chicago
Credit: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Image via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

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