A painting by Oscar-Claude Monet titled 'Meules' sold for a record-breaking price of $110.7 million at Sotheby's auction in New York.
a. Peter Monet
b. Oscar-Claude Monet
c. Emanuel Monet
d. Jean Monet
About the Painting:
- The French painter Claude Monet's painting titled 'Meules' was made in 1890.
- The painting auctioned is among one of 25 'Meules' (which means "Grainstacks") and it was created by painter in year 1890 and 1891.
- The significance of this painting is that it was the first instance when painter went back to same subject while differing on atmospheric conditions.
About the Record:
- By fetching $110.7 million, the painting created a world auction record for the artist (Monet) as well as became first work of an Impressionist Art to cross over $100 million threshold at an auction.
- It now becomes the 9th most expensive painting to have ever been sold at an international auction house.
- There were six bidders who participated in process but the painting was eventually sold to an unidentified buyer.
One must know:
- It is also one of the total eight artworks by Claude Monet that was not available in museums and was acquired by private hands.
- The rest of his paintings are in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in US, Musée d’Orsay, Paris in France and Art Institute of Chicago.
Question:
Q. A painting by whom, titled 'Meules' sold for a record-breaking price of $110.7 million at Sotheby's auction in New York?a. Peter Monet
b. Oscar-Claude Monet
c. Emanuel Monet
d. Jean Monet
