Leaf & Spine

Cover art · garden

Water Lilies (Agapanthus)

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926), c. 1915–26.

Water Lilies (Agapanthus)
Water Lilies (Agapanthus) — Cleveland Museum of Art

Using it on a cover

The print file prints up to 11.3 x 5.3 in at 300 ppi — fine for smaller trims or inset artwork, but too small to fill a 6 x 9 in cover at 300 ppi. Wider than a 6 x 9 cover: crop about 69% of the width, or use it as a wraparound across back and spine.

About the work

A skilled horticulturalist as well as an artist, Claude Monet spent the last 30 years of his life painting the private garden he designed and helped cultivate at his home in Giverny in northern France. The resultant canvases are notable for their varied motifs, formats, and sizes. Monumental in scale, this rendering of his water lily pond focuses on the momentary effects of sunlight as it both penetrates and reflects off its shimmering surface.

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