Claude Monet masterpiece fetches $70.4 million at auction
An impressionist masterwork from Monet s Water Lilies series smashed price expectations in New York. The artist had dedicated his twilight years to the iconic motif.
A water lily work by Claude Monet has gone under the hammer in New York
Le Bassin aux nymphéas (Water Lily Pond, 1919), a celebrated work from Charles Monet’s iconic
Water Lilies series of paintings, was sold for near $70.4 million (€58.3 million) in New York last night.
The price is among the top five for works by the artist to be sold at auction the $110.7 million record was set in 2019 for a painting from Monet s Haystacks series. It far outstripped the price for works by Pablo Picasso and Paul Cézanne also sold at the Sotheby s contemporary art auction.