Monet sets new auction high for a work of art sold in France
The highest price for any work of art sold at auction in France was set at Sotheby’s Paris this week when Claude Monet’s (1840-1926) ‘Iris’ was bid to €43m (£36.1m).
Estimated at €22m-30m, the large and late painting was part of the dedicated sale of 23 works from t…