Claude Monet - Le Givre à Giverny 1885

Claude Monet - Le Givre à Giverny 1885

Le Givre à Giverny 1885
54x71cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 13.81 million
Auction house: Sotheby’s, London
Sale date: 05 February 2013
Seller: Private Collection
Buyer: Anonymous buyer

Painted in 1885, Le Givre à Giverny depicts the hoar-frost covered trees at Giverny, a town on the outskirts of Paris that would become synonymous with the most innovative compositions of Monet's career.