Claude Monet painting breaks auction record in Paris

Claude Monet's 1882 painting titled 'Bord des falaises à Pourville' was sold for 12 million 785 thousand Euros at an auction organized by Christie's Paris. Depicting the Normandy coast and having been in the Durand-Ruel family collection for over 140 years, the artwork captured the artist's auction record within France with this sale.

At the auction titled 'Durand-Ruel, Generations of Vision' held on October 22, works by other artists alongside Monet also found buyers at high prices. Renoir's painting 'Jeunes filles au bord de la mer' was sold for 326 million 400 thousand liras, while Sisley's work titled 'Un Verger' was sold for 207 million 54 thousand liras. This work by Sisley renewed the artist's auction record in France.

According to the statement made by Christie's, the total sales volume of the four auctions organized within the scope of the October program reached approximately 7 billion 691 million liras (137 million 585 thousand 856 Euros). It was stated that this figure is a new record for 20th and 21st century art October programs in France.