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The painting is
on display for one day only
(Agencies) |
One of Claude Monet's most important paintings has
gone on public display for the first time in 100 years.
The Impressionist 's painting of the Houses of Parliament is to be sold
at Christie's in New York on 3 November.
The work, titled Londres, le Parlement, effet de soleil dans le
brouillard, will be displayed at Christie's, in London, on Wednesday.
It is expected to fetch up to ￡10m at the Impressionist and Modern Art
Evening Sale.
Monet painted the piece at the turn of the 20th Century while staying
in London.
He created only 19 oils of the Houses of Parliament, and 11 of those
were shown in Monet's 1904 exhibition of views of the Thames in Paris.
Almost all of the paintings were bought at the exhibition by collectors
of the day.
The painting to be sold at Christie's is considered one of the most
important of the 19.
Only five of the set remain in private hands while the others are in
museums across the world, including Moscow's Pushkin Museum and the Art
Institute of Chicago.
It is the third Parliament painting to be offered at auction by
Christie's.
(Agencies) | 
Updated: 2004-09-30 13:37