ArtWall Lavender Water Lillie's Gallery Wrapped Canvas by Claude Monet, 18 by 24-Inch Water Lilies (or Nymphas, pronounced: [n.fe.a]) is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet (18401926). The paintings depict Monet's flower garden at Giverny and were the main focus of Monet's artistic production during the last thirty years of his life. Many of the works were painted while Monet suffered from cataracts. On 19 June 2007, one of Monet's water lily paintings sold for 18.5 million at a Sotheby's auction in London. On 24 June 2008 another of Monet's water lily paintings, Le bassin aux nymphas, sold for almost 41 million at Christie's in London, almost double the estimate of 18 to 24 million. Monet's career long serial motif of producing and exhibiting a series of paintings related by subject and perspective began in 1889, with at least ten paintings done at the Valley of the Creuse, which were shown at the Galerie Georges Petit. Among his other famous series are his Haystacks. In May 2010, it was announced that the 1906 Nymphas work would be auctioned in London in June 2010, the painting had an estimated sale price of between 30 and 40 million.[ Giovanna Bertazzoni, Christie's auction house director and head of impressionist and modern art, said "Claude Monet's water-lily paintings are amongst the most recognised and celebrated works of the 20th Century and were hugely influential to many of the following generations of artists". The sale took place on 23 June 2010 at the auction house and the painting attracted bids of up to 29 million, but it ultimately failed to sell. Artist: Claude Monet Title: Lavender Water Lilies Type: Canvas Reproduction of Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 18x24 Reproduction is completely made in the USA; printed on high quality canvas and professionally hand-stretched/gallery wrapped