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Irises, 1914–17. Oil on canvas.

Oil on canvas · 200 × 200.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Impressionism

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Museum title: Irises
Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
Date: 1914–17
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 200 × 200.7 cm (78 3/4 × 79 in.); Framed: 203.8 × 204.5 × 6.4 cm (80 1/4 × 80 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.)
Credit line: Art Institute Purchase Fund
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1840–1926

Impressionism c. 1860–1900

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.