PAINTING GOES AT A RECORD PRICE
The painting Le bassin aux nympheas by Monnet has been sold at a record price of 41 million at an auction.
This painting is one among the famous water lily series; experts expected it to sell it for 18 - 22million.
It was sold after an intense bidding and with the support of telephone bidding went up to 144 million.
Olivier Camu, Director and Head of Impressionist and Modern Art, Christie's : 'Le bassin aux nympheas' is a masterpiece painting by Claude Monet.
"After a thrilling bidding battle between a number of clients in the room and on the telephones, the painting eventually sold to an anonymous collector for 41 million, setting a new world record price for the artist at auction, and illustrating continued confidence in the art market."
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