Claude Monet could fetch $45M at NYC auction
NEW YORK — A painting from Claude Monet’s acclaimed “Grainstack” series is leading Christie’s auction of impressionist and modern art where it could realize around $45 million.
The 1891 painting, shimmering with hues of reds, pinks, blues and yellow, depicts a close-up of a single cone-shaped stack after harvest.
Monet’s “Grainstack” series — 25 in all — was painted just steps from his home outside a farmer’s field in the French village of Giverny.
The work being offered Wednesday night is one of a few still in private hands.