different times of the day. Works  at the limit of abstraction , which prove that the vigor and audacity of

      old man are intact. The project accepted, the

      painter imposes his conditions: he demands that his  

      works - then still running -

      be exhibited according to his instructions. and his ideas  

      are as precise as they are complex to implement.

      work. Monet indeed wishes to propose a

      unprecedented experience for spectators  by immersing them

      literally standing in the middle of his canvases thanks to

                    an elliptical attachment device

                    that. It will be necessary  not less than six

                    years of negotiations ,  of inter-

                    pathetic procrastination on the

                    choice of location, countless

                    plans reviewed by  Monet himself

                    and  from  months of work to finalize

ment to transform the Orangerie des Tuileries into an exhibition space. Finally, in 1924, two large oval rooms bathed  with overhead light  are ready to welcome the twenty-two giant canvases. But Monet will retouch his Water Lilies  until his death two years later, when they  will be installed in their custom-made case. For the first time in history, a painter has  made a scenographer of his own works, to immerse visitors, he said,  "in the center of a flowery aquarium" .