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Camille Monet (1847–1879) on a Garden Bench, 1873
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
Oil on canvas; 23 7/8 x 31 5/8 in. (60.6 x 80.3 cm)
The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 2002, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 (2002.62.1)

For this painting of 1873, Monet had his wife Camille and an unidentified neighbor pose in the garden of his rented house at Argenteuil, near Paris. In the enigmatic way in which the figures interact, this work comes close to Manet's contemporaneous paintings.

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    Camille Monet (1847–1879) on a Garden Bench, 1873
    Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
    Oil on canvas; 23 7/8 x 31 5/8 in. (60.6 x 80.3 cm)
    The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 2002, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 (2002.62.1)