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Claude Monet's Le bassin aux nympheas (1917-1919), the two-meter-wide water-lily pond panorama with willow reflections that sold at Christie's New York on November 9, 2023 for $74 million

Le Bassin aux Nymphéas

Maker
Claude Monet
Year
1917-1919
Rank
9 of 100

Le Bassin aux Nymphéas

Le Bassin aux Nymphéas by Claude Monet (1917-1919) is ranked 9 in the FLOAT 100 for Fine art. It sold for $74,010,000 on 9 November 2023. Recent (2023) high Water Lilies result; fresh dated Monet trophy comp.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

Recent (2023) high Water Lilies result; fresh dated Monet trophy comp.

Oil on canvas, ~2 m wide (unique, Water Lilies series)

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$74,010,000
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
9 November 2023

Christie's New York 20th Century Evening Sale, total incl. premium, native USD

This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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