Monet Painting Brings $20.1M
Earl Evleth
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I just made reservations for the Turner-Whistler-Monet
exposition at the Grand Palais here in Paris, it is showing
until January.
The price of the painting (below) is incidental. It is a view
of the London's parliament in the fog.
Beautiful.
Earl
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Monet Painting Brings $20.1M
Thu Nov 4, 2:32 PM ET
By ULA ILNYTZKY, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK - A painting from Claude Monet's series on London's parliament
building has sold at auction for $20.1 million.
"London, the Parliament, Effects of Sun in the Fog," painted in 1904, was
purchased by Samir Traboulsi, a Lebanese financier, at Christie's on
Wednesday night. The impressionist work, which depicts orange and red light
piercing London's fog, had been in the same family, that of Monet's dealer,
Paul Durand-Ruel, for 100 years. Its presale estimate had been $12 to $18
million.
The sale of impressionist and modern art brought a total of $128.2 million
in the first of a two-day auction at Christie's. The final prices include a
commission of 19.5 percent of the first $100,000 and 12 percent of the rest.
Presale estimates do not reflect commissions.
Beginning Thursday evening, Sotheby's also was offering impressionist and
modern works.
Expected highlights of that two-day sale included a painting from Gauguin's
second Tahitian period, "Maternite (II)." The painting, the property of an
unidentified private collector, depicts a woman breast-feeding a newborn as
two attendants hover nearby. Sotheby's said it "represents a peak in the
artist's career," and was estimated to sell for $40 million to $50 million.
Sotheby's also was offering six works from the current collection of Hester
Diamond, including a Kandinsky and a Mondrian, each expected to bring in
more than $20 million.
Another highlight from the Diamond collection is "The Kiss" by Constantin
Brancusi, the only version of this iconic work remaining in private hands.
The limestone sculpture, circa 1908, is the second version of the theme
executed by the artist. Measuring just under a foot high, its estimate was
$8 million to $12 million.
At the Wednesday Christie's auction, Joan Miro's "Caress of the Stars,"
painted in 1938 during the Spanish civil war, sold for $11.7 million.
It was one of 17 works from the collection of Nathan Halpern, a television
impresario who died in April and who purchased the work from Miro's dealer
following the liberation of Paris in 1944. The total Halpern collection
brought $25.2 million.
Also at Christie's, Vincent van Gogh's "Bridge at Trinquetaille," estimated
at $12 million to $18 million, sold for $11.2 million.
Paul Cezanne's "Portrait de Femme," circa 1900, fetched $10 million. It is
part of an important series of portraits the artist made during the last 15
years of his life, depicting peasants and working class people.
"Femme Fatale ( news -web sites )," painted by Kees van Dongen in 1905 and
formerly in the collection of Ingrid Bergman ( news ), sold for $5.9
million.
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> Visit the site and you can click up the painting to a larger size
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> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=487&ncid=487&e=1&u=/ap/20041
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I seem to recall seeing this - isn't it at d'Orsay? Is it going to remain
there, or be in someone's house now?
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To reply to me, drop the attitude (from my e-mail address, at least)
Earl Evleth
wrote on 5/11/04 18:19:
> I seem to recall seeing this - isn't it at d'Orsay? Is it going to remain
> there, or be in someone's house now?
I don`t know. Sometimes paintings are lent out for showing. One would
prefer they were in a museum but private money is more powerful than
public.
Earl