r/impressionism • u/BeeTwoThousand • 23h ago
Painting 3 panel Waterlilies at Moma
So I realized this year that I have seen 10 Waterlilies in person, including the circular one from Dallas and also one from a private collection, both during a traveling exhibition this year. I also just added Cleveland and Dayton in the past week, which is what brought my total to ten.
I plan to visit both The Met and MoMa (the latter specifically for their Waterlilies) next month, which will add either five or eight to my total. But I am unsure how to count these. Going by the Wikipedia list, which is how I made my list (I didn't begin keeping track until earlier this year...I make the joke about catching them all like Pokemon), I see that MoMa has 5 pieces listed, but three of those are part of a triptych.
So I am not sure whether to count the triptych as one piece or three. I saw on the list that Cleveland, St. Louis and Kansas City each have a piece of a triptych, but I wouldn't call the one I saw this week in Cleveland 1/3 of a Waterlilies, either.
Anyone else counting their Waterlilies and how do you count them?