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In 1893, Monet purchased land with a pond near his property in Giverny, and he built here his water lily garden with a Japanese bridge spanning the pond at its narrowest point. In 1899, he began a series of eighteen views of the wooden footbridge over the pond. Even during his later creative years the water lily pond at Giverny remained for Monet an important source of inspiration, since he could record the colours as they changed according to the light at different times of the day or in different seasons.
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