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Monet painting sold for 11.2 million pounds in London
2009-02-04
LONDON (AFP) - Claude Monet's painting "Dans La Prairie" was sold at auction in London Wednesday for more than 11 million pounds, falling short of its guide price of 15 million, Christie's auctioneers said. The 1876 painting of the French artist's wife, Camille, reading in a meadow full of flowers was first exhibited in Paris in 1877. It sold for 11,241,250 pounds (16,164,918 dollars, 12,421,581 euros) at the sale Wednesday evening. "Les deux filles", a double portrait by Amedeo Modigliani, beat its guide price of 3.5-5.5 million pounds and sold for 6.537 million pounds. It was the first time the painting has ever been up for auction. Elsewhere, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's "L'abandon (Les deux amies)" sold within its guide price for 6.2 million pounds. "Les couturieres" by Edouard Vuillard, painted in 1890 when the artist was just 21 years old, fell short of its guide price of 5.5-7.5 million pounds and was auctioned off at 5.081 million pounds.
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