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Water Lilies by Claude Monet. Gift of Louise Reinhardt Smith, 1983 (1983.532)
Begun in about 1918 and kept in the artist's studio until his death, this is one of Monet's most confidently executed paintings in the series of views he made of his water garden. The shimmering reflections of sky and flowers remind us of the soothing powers of nature.

Location: Monet gallery, Nineteenth-Century European Paintings and Sculpture, second floor




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