Monet devoted the last twenty-five years of his life to painting the water lilies that floated on the pond of his garden in Giverny. In capturing the reflections on the mirror-like water and the subtle interplay of light, the artist's genius went beyond painting, as he committed such ephemeral subjects to canvas.

The Water Lilies brought together in this volume, are mirrors of time and have influenced the greates painters of modern times.

A catalogue raisonné of the two hundred and fifty-one Water Lilies known to exist, including the most recently identified, completes the essays of art historians Jean-Dominique Rey and the late Denis Rouart. This volume also features gatefolds of the monumental series of murals at the Orangerie in Paris, a series of period shots of Giverny, and rare archival documents.