A Monet painting has sold for nearly $35 million (€32m) at auction, Sotheby's said, marking a solid start to New York's spring art sales.
Claude Monet's "Meules à Giverny" went for $34.8 million after a bidding war.
It was painted by the French impressionist in 1893.
#AuctionUpdate: An iconic haystack painting, Claude Monet's 'Meules à Giverny’ achieves an astounding $34.8M after an almost 8-minute bidding battle. #SothebysModern pic.twitter.com/ikZeh7MVuX
— Sotheby's (@Sothebys) May 15, 2024
Meanwhile, British-Mexican artist Leonora Carrington broke her own auction record when her "Les Distractions de Dagobert" sold for $28.5m (€32m).
The new record places Ms Carrington among the top five most valuable women artists at auction, Sotheby's said.
She is among the top four surrealist artists, the auction house added, "overtaking Max Ernst and Salvador Dali".
Christie's, meanwhile, sold some $115m (€106m) in contemporary art on Tuesday, including a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting for $32m (€29m).
At the Phillips auction house, Basquiat's "Untitled (ELMAR)" sold for $46.5m (€43m).
Amid the war in Ukraine and its fallout - which has led to a drop in Russian buyers - art auction sales worldwide fell to €13.7 billion last year, compared with €14.1bn in 2022.
