MONET WATER LILIES Four Glass Coasters From The Met in NYC

MONET WATER LILIES Four Glass Coasters In 1893, Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926), a passionate horticulturist, purchased land and with a pond near his property in Giverny, where he installed his famous water-lily garden "for the please of the eye and also for motifs to paint." Our radiant glass coasters show details from two beautiful water-lily paintings in The Met collection. Hand Wash Only. Water Lilies Oil on canvas, 1916-19 Gift of Louise Reinhardt Smith, 1983 1983.532. Water Lilies Oil on canvas, 1919 The Walter H. and Leonaore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annerberg, 1998. Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 1998.325.2