Monet painting sells for £11.2 million, £4 million below estimate
Dans la Prairie, the 1876 picture by the impressionist artist, had been expected to sell for around £15 million - it show's the artist's wife reclining in a lush, flower-filled meadow at Argenteuil, north of Paris.
But the image of a woman in a field of wild flowers sold for just £11,241,250 at an auction at Christie's in London.
Monet's La Promenade d'Argenteuil had been predicted to sell for £5 million but failed to find a buyer.
But Monet was not the only household name to fare relatively badly in the sale.
Paintings by Renoir and Matisse also failed to reach their reserve prices...
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But the image of a woman in a field of wild flowers sold for just £11,241,250 at an auction at Christie's in London.
Monet's La Promenade d'Argenteuil had been predicted to sell for £5 million but failed to find a buyer.
But Monet was not the only household name to fare relatively badly in the sale.
Paintings by Renoir and Matisse also failed to reach their reserve prices...