Art Institute of Chicago
Stacks of Wheat
Claude MonetLinkedCulture matchlcp-8e614afd9c71
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- Black chalk on cream laid paper
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 186316
Of all the motifs that preoccupied Monet in his exploration of changing light effects, grain stacks are among the most iconic. He captured them at various times of the year and at different moments of the day. When these works were shown in an 1891 exhibition, they were widely praised by his peers. One critic, Octave Mirbeau, wrote that the works conveyed “the drama of the earth.” Since Monet rarely made drawings, this sheet may have been a potential illustration for Mirbeau’s article. The softness of the chalk avoids harsh contours and, in turn, better mimics the artist’s painting technique.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
- Provenance
- Private collector, Pennsylvania, to May 1991 [Wildenstein 1991]; sold, Sotheby’s, New York, May 8, 1991, lot 101, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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