NEW YORK (AP).- Huguette Clark, the Montana copper mining heiress who died in New York last month at 104, has left most of her $400 million fortune to the arts. According to her will, obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday, Clark gave a prized…
"Poppy Field in Argenteuil" by Monet Named Most Popular Oil Painting for Mother’s Day 2011
WICHITA, KANS.- The popular online art gallery overstockArt.com, published today its official top five list of most popular oil paintings for Mother’s Day 2011. Topping the chart is Claude Monet’s maternal sensual masterpiece “Poppy Fiel…
Christie’s in Record London Sale, Misses Target and Monet Water-Lily Painting Fails to Sell
LONDON.- Christie’s held London’s biggest ever art auction on Wednesday when its impressionist and modern sale fetched 153 million pounds ($227 million), but the total fell short of expectations of 164-231 million pounds. The big disappointment on the …
Christie’s Offers a Monet Water-Lily Painting Worth an Estimated $44-59 Million
LONDON
(REUTERS).- Auction house Christie’s is
offering a Monet water-lily painting
worth an estimated 30 to 40 million pounds ($44-59 million) this month
in what
it expects to be the biggest sale it has ever mounted in London. With
th…