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Painting by Claude Monet " Poplars " will be the central lot auction of impressionist and modernist works , which will be held on May 4 at Christie's in New York , reports Reuters.
Work in 1891 was estimated at 20-30 million dollars . The product sells anonymous kollekitsoner from Asia , which in 2000 bought it for only 7 million . Monet painted a series of 24 landscapes from the poplar trees during their stay in Giverny , painting exhibited at the auction - the largest in size . The first pre-auction showing " Topol " will be held in Moscow in the House Spiridonov 2 and 3 April 2011 on the " Christie's . Then the picture went to London .
Record price for Monet work was set in 2008 in London . Then the painting " A pond with water lilies , " was sold for $ 80 million , almost double the blocking estimate .
( Lenta.Ru )