![]() Meule (Grainstack), 1890-1891 $81.4 million, sold via Christie’s New York in November 2016 Consequently, Le Bassin aux Nymphéas has been described as the greatest water lily painting to be offered at auction and measures an impressive 39” x 120”.ģ. The striking artwork nearly doubled the previous record price of his piece called Le Pont du Chemin de Fer a Argenteuil. Going to auction for the first time in 2008, this piece was the most expensive artwork sold in Europe by auction at the time. Le Bassin aux Nymphéas (Water Lily Pond), 1919 $80.5 million, sold via Christie's London in June, 2008 Le Bassin aux nymphéas is a quintessential example of Monet’s late-period water lilies, richly colored in deep blues and greens, and deeply abstract-as clear a departure as any of the artist’s late period works from the more “precise, and subject-oriented” water lilies that Monet painted beginning in the late 1890s. ![]() Le Bassin aux nymphéas (Water Lily Pond), 1840 - 1926 $70.35 million, sold via Sotheby's New York in May, 2021 Monet‘s water lilies became his most celebrated inspiration and arguably the reason for his success.ĥ. This was one of Monet’s first paintings to capture the delicate flowers at different times of the day. This Nymphéas stands out from other artworks in his collection because of the exceptional attention of detail, shimmering light, and shadows. “One instant, one aspect of nature contains it all,” said Claude Monet referring to his collection of water lilies. Nymphéas (Water Lilies), 1906 $54 million, sold via Sotheby's London in June, 2014 (Feature Photo Credit: Sam Giorgio Maggiore by Twilight, 1908. The auction inspired us to review the most expensive Monet paintings sold throughout history well at least so far! In May 2019, at Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Art evening sale, the artist set a record for the first painting from the Impressionist movement to surpass $100 Milllion! His inspiring and jaw-dropping paintings have led his work to be considered as priceless to many. As both a pioneer and leader in impressionist painting, Claude Monet challenged tradition in the art world.
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