CBC News Art amp Design Monet water lily painting could go for M Cdn skip to main content press enter CBC Global Header Navigation CBC ca News news drop down menu Sports sports drop down menu Radio radio drop down menu TV tv drop down menu My Region drop down menu More drop down menu Watch drop down menu Listen drop down menu Search CBC ca Submit Search Sign Up Log In Home World Canada BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Manitoba Thunder Bay Sudbury Windsor Toronto Ottawa Montreal NB PEI NS NL North Politics N B Votes Health Arts amp Entertainment Music Film Television Books Media Art amp Design Theatre Technology amp Science Money Consumer Life Diversions Weather Your Voice REPUBLISH EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Monet water lily painting could go for M Cdn Last Updated Thursday June AM ET CBC News Christie s expert Giovanna Bertazzoni looks at Claude Monet s painting Nympheas to be sold June in London Clive Gee PA Wire Associated Press A moody Claude Monet painting of water lilies is expected to fetch the equivalent of million to million Cdn when it goes on auction in London England later this month Nympheas painted in will be sold June at Christie s auction house The painting was shown at the famous exhibition in Paris where the artist gained acclaim for his studies of light in his garden in Giverny The unidentified seller bought it in New York in May for million US Also among the works on auction are a Blue Period portrait by Pablo Picasso Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto offered by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation founded by the composer It also could bring in more than million With the appetite for Impressionist and early th century art booming again auction house Christie s is anticipating one of the largest auctions in British history with a total take exceeding million We are witnessing a great willingness from clients to consign works of art of the highest quality Giovanna Bertazzoni head of impressionist and modern art at Christie s told Reuters In February Sotheby s set a new record of million for its auction of Impressionist art Christie s June auction will also include Parc de l hopital Saint Paul an Vincent van Gogh landscape that he painted in an asylum estimated at million to million Frauenbildnis Portrait of Ria Munk III by Gustav Klimt estimated at million With files from The Associated Press REPUBLISH EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Related Internal Links M Giacometti sets new record More Art amp Design Headlines Top Headlines Recommended Commented Mid career artists win K awards Seven Canadian artists have won Victor Martyn Lynch Staunton Awards the Canada Council for the Arts announced Wednesday George Bernard Shaw s photos released online The photo collection of the late British playwright George Bernard Shaw s will be published online England s National Trust announced Wednesday Winnipeg sculptor donates work to McMichael Winnipeg artist Ivan Eyre will 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