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Monet’s ‘Iris’ Sets Record as France’s Most Expensive Auction Artwork

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Claude Monet’s painting Iris sold for €50 million ($56.05 million) at a Sotheby’s auction in Paris on Thursday, setting a new record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction in France. The painting, completed toward the end of the French Impressionist master’s life, attracted intense competition among collectors during the auction. Bidding for […]

Klimt Portrait Sells for $236 Million, Becomes Second Most Expensive Artwork at Auction

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A rare portrait by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has sold for $236.4 million (£179m) at Sotheby’s in New York, becoming the second most expensive artwork ever auctioned. The Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, painted between 1914 and 1916, triggered a 20-minute bidding war among six buyers. Sotheby’s did not disclose the identity of the winning bidder. […]

Woman with a Watch: Picasso masterpiece of ‘golden muse’ sells for £113m

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A 1932 masterpiece by Pablo Picasso recently sold for $139 million, making it the second most expensive piece by the artist ever sold. Titled “Femme a la Montre” (Woman with a Watch), it portrays Marie-Therese Walter, Picasso’s French muse and lover, and was previously owned by the late art collector Emily Fisher Landau. Picasso’s relationship […]