Detail of Water Lilies by Monet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2008

Water Lilies, 1919
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
Oil on canvas
39 3/4 x 78 3/4 in. (101 x 200 cm)
The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1998, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 (1998.325.2)

Monet left much of his late work unfinished and released few paintings for sale, reporting that he was not yet satisfied and was still working on them "with passion." This canvas is one of four water-lily pictures that, quite exceptionally, he did complete, sign, and sell in 1919.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1998.325.2