The Colour of Time : Claude Monet

Virginia Spate. *The Colour of Time: Claude Monet*. London: Thames & Hudson / BCA, 1992. Major illustrated monograph offering a comprehensive chronological and thematic analysis of Claude Monet's oeuvre, from Second Empire figure studies through the Argenteuil/Vetheuil landscapes, series paintings (cathedrals, haystacks, poplars), to the late Giverny water lilies and Grandes Décorations. Large 4to (31 x 27.5 cm), 348pp, with 165 b&w and 135 colour illustrations (many full-page), drawing on Monet's 3,000+ surviving letters and contemporary sources to explore his working methods, influences (Zola, Mallarmé), financial pressures and Giverny as creative laboratory. **Condition:** Very Good in Very Good dust jacket – light shelfwear to jacket edges, no chips/tears; boards clean and firm, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked with no inscriptions or foxing. Book club edition but identical quality to trade original. Definitive single-volume study illuminating Monet's evolution from Impressionism toward abstraction – substantial reference for Monet enthusiasts and modernism studies.…