Christie’s x Rockefeller // The Sale of the Century

You probably did not hear it here first, but Peggy and David Rockefeller’s collection at Christie’s is exquisite and the sales are record breaking. This past weekend I had the opportunity to visit the collection and on Tuesday they held the first auction. Monet’s ‘Water Lilies in Bloom’ sold for $84.7M and Matisse’s “Odalisque couchée aux magnolias” sold for $80M. Auctioneer, Jussi Pylkkanen, said “To have on the same night records for two of the geniuses of painting, Matisse and Monet, is something that I never imagined would happen”.

Below are some pictures of my favorite pieces from their collection.

Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Nymphéas en Fleur