CLAUDE MONET – PEUPLIERS au bord de l’Epte, crépuscule
Monet’s Peupliers au bord de l’Epte, crépuscule made $43 million and set a new record for his celebrated Peupliers series at Christie’s in New York last night. The sale total for the collected works of Leonard and Louise Riggio and the 20th Century evening sale was $489 million, with $272 million for the Riggio collection and $217 for the 20th Century sale. The sales were 99% sold by lot and 98% sold by value.
The top lot of the evening was a Mondrian canvas – Composition with Large Red Plane, Bluish Gray, Yellow, Black and Blue – which made $47.6 million. It was from the Riggio collection. This is among the top three prices for the artist at auction. The sale was further highlighted by Magritte’s L’empire des lumieres which made $35 million, and a portrait of Lee Miller by Picasso, which made $28 million.
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