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CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926), ATTRIBUTED TO, OIL ON CANVAS - CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926), ATTRIBUTED TO, OIL ON CANVAS Dimensions: Image size: 57.2 x 30.4 cm. All measured values are approximate. Outer frame size: 74.2 x 48.4 cm. All measured values are approximate. Signature: Claude Monet Description: A dynamic vertical urban composition depicting a densely crowded Parisian boulevard transformed by an extensive display of French tricolor flags. Viewed from an elevated perspective, the street recedes dramatically toward the center of the composition, flanked on both sides by tall façades whose balconies and windows are animated by repeated passages of red, white, and blue. The lower portion of the boulevard is filled with a tightly packed crowd suggested through numerous abbreviated touches of cream, yellow, blue, brown, and black, creating a vibrant impression of public celebration and movement rather than individually defined figures. Above the street, flags project from the buildings and appear to flutter across the composition, their rapid diagonal strokes producing a strong rhythmic effect that contrasts with the vertical architecture. The upper center opens onto a luminous blue and white sky, providing atmospheric depth and drawing the eye along the boulevard toward the distant cityscape. Loose, broken brushwork, rapidly articulated forms, and the juxtaposition of warm golden architectural tones with brilliant red, white, and blue accents reflect visual characteristics closely associated with Claude Monet's Impressionist exploration of modern urban life, changing light, and collective public spectacle. The subject and elevated viewpoint recall Monet's celebrated treatments of flag-decorated Parisian streets, in which the movement of crowds, architecture, atmosphere, and national colors are unified through energetic painterly handling. The work is presented in a substantial stepped wooden frame with visible age-related surface wear, rubbing, and losses.