# Monet Paintings Boost Autumn Auction Hopes

> Monet's Iris could sell for €30m at Sotheby's October sale.
- Title: Monet Paintings Boost Autumn Auction Hopes · MoneyWeek
- Summary: Monet's Iris could sell for €30m at Sotheby's October sale. Sotheby's October sale features Monet's Iris, estimated at €30m, potentially fueling autumn art…
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- Source: MoneyWeek — https://moneyweek.com/spending-it/art/the-money-in-monets-paintings
- Published: 2026-10-04T06:00:00+00:00
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- Topics: claudes monet, sotheby's, monet iris, schlumberger collection, art auction, euro, october 22, czech art, impressionist art, modernism
## Monet's Iris at Sotheby's Sale
Art market watchers hope Monet's paintings will fuel a recovery in this year's autumn auction season.

> Claude Monet's Iris
## Iris: Monet's Late Career Masterpiece
Iris, painted in Monet's garden in Giverny just months before his death, is one of only a few Monet paintings outside a museum.

> It is a large painting and one of only a few to reside outside the collection of a museum.
## Iris Estimated at €30m
Sotheby's has set an upper pre-sale estimate of €30 million for Iris, the highest ever for a French auction painting.

> It has been given an upper pre-sale estimate of €30 million
## Second Monet Painting in Sale
Saule pleureur (Weeping willow), painted in 1918-1919, is also in the sale with an upper estimate of €12 million.

> A second late-career Monet is also appearing in the sale
## Cezanne's Early Works in Sale
Paul Cezanne's La Ferme, Arbres au Bord de la Rivière and Ciel Entre les Arbres are part of the sale with upper estimates from €600,000 to €800,000.

> La Ferme, Arbres au Bord de la Rivière and Ciel Entre les Arbres
## Christie's Monet Painting
Christie's also features Monet's Bord des falaises à Pourville with an expected sale price of €11m to €15m.

> Bord des falaises à Pourville (Edge of the Cliffs at Pourville)
## Key takeaway

Sotheby's October sale features Monet's Iris, estimated at €30m, potentially fueling autumn art market recovery.