Monet Painting Fetches $80 Million

"The painting "Le bassin aux nymphéas," or "Water Lily Pond," was sold by Christie's for $80,451,178 including buyer's premium, making it the most expensive work of art ever sold by the auction house in Europe.

"It was part of a four-work collection of water lily paintings that Monet put up for sale during his lifetime. He saw the oil paintings of his water garden as a cumulative work in progress, and rarely sold them."

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