This elegant scarf presents two ethereal images by Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) from The Met's European Paintings collection. Chrysanthemums (1882) is one of some 20 serene still lifes that the Impressionist artist and avid gardener produced between 1878 and 1883. It was exhibited alongside his Bouquet of Sunflowers (1881), also in the Museum's holdings, at the Galerie Durand-Ruel in Paris in 1883, and again with the avant-garde artists' circle Les XX in Brussels in 1886. On the reverse side of the scarf is Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies (1899), an iconic view of Monet's beloved water-lily garden in Giverny.
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