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Haystacks (Effect of Snow and Sun)

1891
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 819
Between 1890 and 1891 Monet devoted some thirty paintings to the haystacks in a field near his house at Giverny. In the midst of this effort, he wrote to the critic Gustave Geoffroy: "I am working very hard, struggling with a series of different effects (haystacks), but at this season the sun sets so fast I cannot follow it. . . .　 The more I continue, the more I see that a great deal of work is necessary in order to succeed in rendering what I seek." Haystacks was the first group of paintings that Monet exhibited as a series; in 1891, fifteen were shown at the Galerie Durand-Ruel in Paris.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Haystacks (Effect of Snow and Sun)
  • Artist: Claude Monet (French, Paris 1840–1926 Giverny)
  • Date: 1891
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 25 3/4 x 36 1/4 in. (65.4 x 92.1 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
  • Object Number: 29.100.109
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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