Claude Monet - Faisans, bécasses et perdrix 1879
Faisans, bécasses et perdrix 1879
89x68cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 2.53 million
Auction house: Sotheby’s, New York
Sale date: 04 November 2015
Seller: A. Alfred Taubman
Buyer: Anonymous buyer
From Sotheby’s, New York:
Monet returned to painting still-lifes periodically throughout his career, executing an array of traditional subjects, the most rare of which are his depictions of game fowl. Although his choice of subject matter followed a tradition of still-life painting that reached its zenith in the 18th century with artists such as Jean-Siméon Chardin and Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Monet’s approach to still life was as innovative as his painting of landscapes.