Claude Monet's "Iris" Sells for Record-Breaking $56.2 Million USD at Sotheby's Paris
SummaryClaude Monet's painting "Iris" sold for 50 million EUR or $56.2 million USD at Sotheby's Paris to establish a new French auction recordThe lot anchored the white-glove Jeanne Schlumberger collection sale which achieved a record 74.4 million EUR for the auction house in ParisThe evening also set new auction highs for Pierre Bonnard and Gustave Moreau alongside the state withdrawal of three Cézanne national treasuresSotheby's has established a historic fine art benchmark after Claude Monet’...
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