The sale comes in the year marking the centenary of Monet’s death on 5 December 1926.

The impressionist artist produced only a very small number of paintings of this floral motif.

PARIS, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Claude Monet's "Iris" was sold late on Thursday for €50 million ($56.05 million), becoming the most ...

"Iris," a monumental painting by Impressionist Claude Monet, sold for €50 million including buyer fees in Paris yesterday, ...

A Claude Monet painting sold for €50 million ($56.2 million) at Sotheby's in Paris on Thursday, setting a record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction in France.

PARIS, France — "Iris," a monumental painting by Impressionist Claude Monet, sold for 50 million euros ($56 million) including buyer fees in Paris on Thursday, becoming the most expensive artwork ever ...

Sotheby's estimated 'Iris' at between €22 and €30 million, 'the highest valuation ever given to a painting offered at auction ...

The artwork, titled “Iris,” is among the painter’s later works, which wealthy collectors have coveted in recent years.

Sotheby’s says the sale eclipsed the French auction record set by Amedeo Modigliani’s 'Head of a Caryatid', which fetched €43 ...

MAM and the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg made a friendly wager to loan a painting by the Impressionist great to ...

Claude Monets Iris was sold late on Thursday for €50 million (approx Rs 531.81 crore), becoming the most expensive work of ...