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Monet painting bought for €26m at auction

A Claude Monet painting of a railway bridge over the river Seine sold for more than €26m at auction and set a new record for the artist, auction house Christie’s said today.

Monet painting bought for €26m at auction

Wed, 07 May, 2008 - 09:47

A Claude Monet painting of a railway bridge over the river Seine sold for more than €26m at auction and set a new record for the artist, auction house Christie’s said today.

Monet’s 'Le pont du chemin de fer a Argenteuil' fetched $41.4m (€26.7m) when it went under the hammer at Christie’s in New York’s Rockefeller Plaza last night.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Seine Place: New York’s Rockefeller Plaza Place: Sotheby Place: Americas Place: London Place: Argenteuil Place: Paris Person: Monet Person: Claude Monet Person: Guy Bennett Person: Professor Person: John House Person: House Event: Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871 Organisation: Christie’s Organisation: Christie Organisation: Courtauld Institute of Art

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