The sale of a Monet painting for $35 million represents a strong signal of the recovery of the global art market, strengthening New York’s position as a major center for art auctions.
Sotheby’s auction house in New York witnessed the sale of the painting “Haystack in Giverny” (1893) by the famous French painter Claude Monet for $34.8 million, after bidding lasted for eight minutes.
The auction also saw a painting by British-Mexican artist Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) achieve a record price of $28.5 million.
On the other hand, a painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat entitled “The Italian Version of Popeye has no Pork in his Diet” achieved $32 million at a Christie’s auction, while another painting by him entitled “Untitled” was sold for $46.5 million at an auction. Philips House.
About fifty modern art paintings were sold via the Internet, by phone, and at Sotheby’s headquarters in Manhattan, for a total of $235 million.
