Claude Monet - Waterloo Bridge, temps couvert 1904
Waterloo Bridge, temps couvert 1904
65x99cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 35.52 million
Auction house: Christie's, London
Sale date: 18 June 2007
Seller: Private collection, Japan
Buyer: Anonymous buyer
From Christie's, London:
When Monet arrived in London in 1899 for a family visit, he had not been to the British capital for some time. Checking into the relatively recently built Savoy Hotel, on the North bank of the Thames, he was amazed by the view, fascinated by the ever-shifting light effects on the river, and immediately embarked upon one of his most celebrated series of paintings, all showing essentially one of three motifs in London.