Take a moment to slow down with Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” at MoMA. What do you feel when you look at this painting? — [1] Claude Monet. “Water Lilies.” 1914-26. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund [2] Claude Monet. “The Japanese Footbridge.” c. 1920-22. Grace Rainey Rogers Fund [3] Claude Monet. “Agapanthus.” 1914-26. Gift of Sylvia Slifka in memory of Joseph Slifka | MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Claude Monet’s Water Lilies is an enormous triptych (three panels) that together stretch nearly 42 feet across. It has its own dedicated room at MoMA (@themuseumofmodernart), designed to immerse visitors in the work. The panels surround viewers in shifting color and light, almost like stepping into the pond itself. Monet painted Water Lilies during the last decade of his life at his garden in Giverny, France. By this time, his eyesight was failing due to cataracts, but his brushwork became loose