Monet valued at 58.6 million dollars
At the auction the auction house Christie's, which will be held June 23 in London, will be put up for sale a painting by Claude Monet's "Water-Lilies" (1906), previously estimated at 40 million pounds sterling (58,6 million), writes Bloomberg.
The canvas size 87.6 to 92.7 centimeters written by the artist in 1906 in Giverny, where Monet lived for 43 years. Also on sale will feature the work of Picasso, "Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto (Amateur absinthe), which relate to the blue period of the artist. It is estimated approximately as high as Monet.
The auction of impressionist and modernist paintings could be one of the most expensive among similar - according to experts, Christie's, it can bring from 163.7 to 231.2 million pounds (240.9 - 340.2 million dollars).
(Lenta.Ru)
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