Monday, 9 May 2011

Claude Monet’s Les Peupliers sold at Christie´s

Claude Monet’s Les Peupliers, one of the most celebrated of the artist’s great series of works from his years in Giverny, sold for $22,482,500 at Christie´s New York "Impressionist and Modern Art" Evening Sale on 4 May 2011.



Painted en plein air during the summer of 1891, the work is the largest of the artist’s paintings devoted to a picturesque arrangement of poplar trees. Offered in pristine condition from an important private collection, the painting sold to a private American collector.

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