Monet's home at Giverny, now a national museum, is famous for its luxurious flower and water lily gardens. During the 1890s the artist began to develop and cultivate the nearby water lily pond, and by the end of the decade had conceived of a vast decorative scheme based on that motif.1 Although the next fifteen years were taken up with several series of smaller paintings, the idea of a large-scale decoration was not discarded.

This large, broadly painted canvas depicts a garland of wisteria that arcs across the surface as if suspended from the upper framing edge. It is one of nine remaining paintings intended to serve as a decorative frieze for the cycle of water lily murals that Monet offered to the French government following the First World War.

The paint is applied in superimposed layers and the individual brushstrokes are recognisable only in the top layer. The variation in sharpness or focus creates a sense of depth despite the virtually abstract nature of the image.

Reproduction is a high-quality eco-printing, on an Italian eco ink jar. The canvas is folded over the back to the size of 30x40, and above this size is stretched on a subframe. The picture is arranged with a luxury frame and is ready for hanging. Maximum print size - 150х76.