Monet finally visits an eye specialist in Paris who advises him to have surgery to remove the growing cataracts. At the time this is very risky surgery and knowing that the procedure may render him blind, he refuses to undergo this treatment.
Claude Monet
The Japanese Bridge 1918
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris
© Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris,
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