This catalog has been published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name that brings together the three panels of Claude Monet's Agapanthus triptych, whose separate panels are owned by the Saint Louis Art Museum, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and Cleveland Museum of Art, institutions which will present the exhibition from 2011 to 2015. The exhibition explores the water-lily triptych's genesis, evolution, and history, including Monet's revisions and original plans for its installation and in the context of his preliminary studies and the large-scale works he conceived, and new archival and technical research on one of the panels. Colorplates of the triptych and other works, as well as a fold-out of it, are included. Distributed by U. of Washington Press. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)