Claude Monet’s grain stack painting fetched a record $81.4 million for the artist on Wednesday after a 14-minute bidding war,
reports Bloomberg.
Christie’s set auction records for two major artists on Wednesday -- Monet and Wassily Kandinsky whose 1935 abstract composition “Rigide et courbe" fetched $23.3 million.
The Monet, which was estimated to sell at $45 million, last appeared at auction in 1999, when it sold for $12 million. according to Bloomberg.
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That was me.
ReplyDeleteI am not an artist but I think they over paid. I can make you a real stack of grain for a lot less.
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