Eldorado Posted May 15, 2019 #1 Share Posted May 15, 2019 "One of Claude Monet's iconic paintings of haystacks fetched a record-breaking $110.7 million at an auction on Tuesday in New York. "Monet's "Meules" sold at Sotheby's sale of Impressionist & Modern Art Tuesday night. "According to the auction house, it's a world auction record for the artist and the first work of Impressionist art to ever cross the $100 million threshold at auction." Full monty at Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/science/claude-monet-haystack-painting-auction At DW dot com (Germany): https://www.dw.com/cda/en/claude-monet-painting-sells-for-record-1107m-at-auction/a-48740167 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skliss Posted May 15, 2019 #2 Share Posted May 15, 2019 I wish they had a closer picture of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted May 16, 2019 Author #3 Share Posted May 16, 2019 13 hours ago, skliss said: I wish they had a closer picture of it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haystacks_(Monet_series)#/media/File:Claude_Monet_-_Meules_(W_1273).jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted May 16, 2019 #4 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Meh.. it's all blurry. Can't he paint PROPER pictures ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skliss Posted May 16, 2019 #5 Share Posted May 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Eldorado said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haystacks_(Monet_series)#/media/File:Claude_Monet_-_Meules_(W_1273).jpg Thank you so much! The read was interesting and I like that they had the series pics at the bottom. His use of color and layering is amazing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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