The haystack series was begun in the autumn of 1888.  The first five studies were made of wheat stacks belonging to a farmer in the Clos Morin.  With the late summer harvest he was able to complete a total of twenty-five canvases, which were shown by Durand-Ruel in the summer of 1891.  The exhibition was a spectacular success.

Haystack At Evening
Claude Monet, 1840-1926, French
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia