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Claude Monet Auction Records: Most Expensive Paintings Sold

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Claude Monet

Claude Monet

French · 1840–1926

$110.7M

Artist Record

#22

Global Rank

2

Major Sales

$191.2M

Total Value

2 record-breaking sales – These works set auction records when sold.

Auction History

#1

Meules (Haystacks)

Meules (Haystacks)(1890)

Record SaleArtist Record

$110.7M

$110,700,000

May 2019Sotheby'sNew York

First Impressionist work to sell for over $100M. Part of Monet's iconic Haystacks series.

Source: Sotheby's

#2

Le bassin aux nymphéas

Le bassin aux nymphéas(1919)

Record Sale

$80.5M

$80,500,000

June 2008Christie'sLondon

Part of Monet's late Water Lilies series. Record for Monet at the time.

Source: CBC News

About Claude Monet

Claude Monet was a French painter and founder of Impressionism, best known for his water lily paintings.

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