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Monet’s ‘Iris’ sells for record €50 million at Paris auction
Claude Monet’s monumental painting, ‘Iris’ (1924–1925), sold for €50 million at a Sotheby’s auction in Paris on October 22, setting a new record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction in France. The sale price significantly exceeded the initial estimate of €22 million to €30 million.
The large-scale canvas, measuring 1.60 meters high and 1.80 meters wide, had never been publicly exhibited and was previously known only through a black-and-white photograph. It had remained in the private Paris residence of the Schlumberger family for decades after being acquired by collector Jeanne Schlumberger.
The auction featured several other works from the Schlumberger collection, including Monet’s ‘Saule Pleureur’, which fetched €9.6 million. In a separate auction by Christie’s, other Monet works were sold, including ‘Bord des falaises à Pourville’ for €12.7 million. Additionally, three Paul Cézanne paintings were withdrawn from the sale shortly before it began to facilitate their acquisition by the city of Aix-en-Provence as national treasures.
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Claude Monet · Jeanne Schlumberger · Paris · Paul Cézanne · Schlumberger family · Sotheby's · Sotheby’s
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- [○ 1 SOURCE] ‘La Seine à Vernon, l’arbre’ sold for 4.253 million euros. www.leprogres.fr
- [● 3 SOURCES] The sale of ‘Iris’ is the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction in France. www.republicain-lorrain.fr · www.ledauphine.com · www.leprogres.fr
- [● 3 SOURCES] The painting ‘Iris’ was part of the Schlumberger family collection. www.republicain-lorrain.fr · www.ledauphine.com · www.leprogres.fr
- [○ 1 SOURCE] ‘La maison à travers les roses’ sold for 2.545 million euros. www.leprogres.fr
- [○ 1 SOURCE] ‘Saule pleureur ou L’Arbre de feu’ sold for 9.68 million euros. www.leprogres.fr
- [● 3 SOURCES] The painting ‘Iris’ was previously only known through a black-and-white photograph. www.republicain-lorrain.fr · www.ledauphine.com · www.leprogres.fr
- [● 3 SOURCES] Claude Monet’s painting ‘Iris’ sold for 50 million euros including fees at a Sotheby’s auction in Paris. www.republicain-lorrain.fr · www.ledauphine.com · www.leprogres.fr
- [● 3 SOURCES] The painting ‘Iris’ was created between 1924 and 1925. www.republicain-lorrain.fr · www.ledauphine.com · www.leprogres.fr
- [● 3 SOURCES] Christie’s sold two other Monet works for 12.7 million and 3.1 million euros. www.in.gr · www.ieidiseis.gr
- [● 3 SOURCES] The auction estimate for ‘Iris’ was between 22 and 30 million euros. www.in.gr · www.ieidiseis.gr
- [● 3 SOURCES] A Picasso work titled ‘Still Life with Grey Griezière’ sold for 3 million euros. www.in.gr · www.ieidiseis.gr
- [● 3 SOURCES] The painting had previously been held by the Schlumberger family in Paris. www.in.gr · www.ieidiseis.gr