One of the few paintings in Claude Monet's celebrated 'Haystacks'...
FILE PHOTO: The painting by Claude Monet, part of the Haystacks"Les Meules" series is displayed at Sotheby's during a press preview of their upcoming impressionist and modern art sale in New York, U.S., May 3, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
The oil on canvas, titled “Meules” and completed in 1890, is the first piece of Impressionist art to command more than $100 million at auction, said Sotheby’s, which handled the sale. “Meules” was one of 25 paintings in a series depicting stacks of harvested wheat belonging to Monet’s neighbor in Giverny, France.
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