Christie’s International is delighted to announce the sale of Claude Monet’s Le Pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil
one of the greatest Impressionist pictures left in private hands. Painted in 1873,
Le Pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil is a rare and luminous masterpiece of high Impressionist style and a hugely significant work in Monet’s oeuvre.
The work will be sold during Christie’s New York Impressionist and Modern Art Evening sale on May 6.
The picture may break the world auction record for the most well-known and sought-after Impressionist painter.
