对芝加哥接受克劳德•莫奈的现代主义进行的一次丰富而前所未有的探索。1903年，芝加哥艺术学院成为**个购买克劳德•莫奈（1840-1926）画作的美国博物馆，一个让这座中西部城市与这位法国印象派大师密不可分的收藏传统由此开始。这本图文并茂的书追溯了芝加哥与莫奈的独特关系，不仅介绍了芝加哥艺术学院收藏的**作品，如六幅《麦垛》和四幅《睡莲》，还包括纸上作品和鲜见的静物画、风景画和芝加哥私人收藏的摄影资料。

A rich and unprecedented exploration of Chicago's embrace of Claude Monet's modernism In 1903, the Art Institute of Chicago became the first American museum to buy a painting by Claude Monet (1840-1926), beginning a tradition of collecting that has inextricably connected this midwestern city to the French Impressionist master. Tracing Chicago's unique relationship with the artist, this generously illustrated volume not only features well-

known works in the Art Institute's holdings, such as the six Stacks of Wheat paintings and four Water Lilies, but also includes works on paper and rarely seen still lifes, landscapes, and photographic material from private Chicago collections. Stunning reproductions of details at actual size, a delightful essay by Adam Gopnik, and a richly illustrated chronology combine to reveal the depth of the city's continuing devotion to an adopted artistic hero.