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Le Bassin Aux Nymphéas
Le Bassin Aux Nymphéas ("Water Lily Pond"; 1919) is one of the series of "Water Lilies" paintings by French impressionist artist Claude Monet. It is an oil on canvas painting measuring 100x300 cm.
Exhibited.
- Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Monet, January - February 1921, no. 44 or 45.
- Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Art and Science in Gardens, June - July 1922, no. 101.
- New York, Durand
up to £29 million, but it ultimately failed to sell.
On 6 May 2014, one of the "Water Lilies", "Le Bassin aux Nymphéas", was auctioned at Christie's, New York City for $27 million.[16]
In June 2014, one of the Water Lilies, "Nymphéas", sold for $54 million USD at a Sotheby's auction in London. This piece was auctioned to an anonymous buyer, but the piece went on to be part of the exhibition "Painting the