Monet’s Canal Painting, Works by Pablo Picasso and René Magritte at Sotheby’s Modern Evening Auction

Claude Monet’s visit to Venice with his wife was initially intended to be a vacation from painting. Indeed, upon arrival, Monet reportedly declared Venice too beautiful to paint. But within a week, Monet was back at the canvas and set about on work that eventually produced nearly 40 oils of the city. One of the paintings from this well-known period of productivity is Monet’s Le Grand Canal et Santa Maria della Salute, which is up for bid in the Modern Evening Auction at Sotheby’s.

Over 60 works are under the hammer in the auction, featuring important pieces by well-known artists from the last 150 years. Examples from the sale include several works by Pablo Picasso, such as the painting Femme nue couchée and the figurative sculpture Femme debout; a pair of emerging Surrealist works by René Magritte; a piece from Willem De Kooning’s “Abstract Parkway Landscapes” titled Leaves in Weehawken; and one of the largest landscapes Paul Cézanne ever made (Clairière). Other artists represented in the sale include Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Willem de Kooning, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Egon Scheile, and more. Find the complete listings by visiting Sotheby’s.