Claude Monet
Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat
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This painting is reds, oranges and gold against violet, and a cheap copy muddies the reds. Our Claude Monet Grainstack print was graded from a high-resolution master so the stack glows and the sky stays bright.
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
20x16 inch, 30x24 inch, 40x32 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
Its wide shape suits a living room, a bedroom or a hallway. The reds and golds look lovely with white, sand and natural oak, and a natural oak or gold frame suits it.
About the painting
In 1890 and 1891 Claude Monet painted the stacks of wheat in a field near his house at Giverny, again and again, in every light, and in 1891 he showed them as a series.
Stacks of wheat were old symbols of a good harvest and a rich land. Here one stack glows red and gold as the sun sets behind it.
Robert J. Edwards bought it in 1917 and left it to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in memory of his mother.
A single great stack of wheat glows red and orange against a golden sunset.
Near Claude Monet's house at Giverny, a neighbouring farmer piled his harvest into tall stacks. In 1890 and 1891, Monet painted them again and again.
He worked fast, as the light changed. His stepdaughter Blanche brought canvases out to the field, first two, then as many as her wheelbarrow would hold.
In 1891 he showed the paintings together, as a series, and they made his name.
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston points out that grainstacks are old symbols of a good harvest, and of a rich and fertile land.
Here, the setting sun turns the whole stack to fire.
In 1917 a Boston collector, Robert J. Edwards, bought it. He left it to the museum in memory of his mother.
Look at the glowing edge of the stack, and then at the sun behind it.
Grainstack, Sunset. Claude Monet, 1891.
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.