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Title:The Japanese Bridge Artist:Claude Monet Date:c. 1923-1925 Creation Place:Europe, France Credit Line:Bequest of Putnam Dana McMillan Accession Number:61.36.15 Frame: Gift of Myron Kunin
Monet made the footbridge in his garden at Giverny the subject of two series in 1895-1900 and 1919, and he returned to its wisteria-covered frame repeatedly in the 1920s. With its raw vigor and passionate coloring, this picture underscores an observation Monet once made of his water landscapes in general - it reveals "the instability of a universe transforming itself every moment before our eyes."
This reproduction frame, with its ribbon-and-stave moulding detail, is in the style of those used by Paul Durand-Ruel, the famed dealer who worked with and promoted the Impressionists. |
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