Dandelions by Claude Monet - c. 1900 - 79.3 x 58 cm private collection Dandelions by Claude Monet - c. 1900 - 79.3 x 58 cm private collection

Dandelions

oil on cardboard • 79.3 x 58 cm
  • Claude Monet - 14 November 1840 - 5 December 1926 Claude Monet c. 1900

The painting was in a private collection since 1953, when it was presented to the undisclosed collector by writer Ilya Ehrenburg. There is a label with the text "From the collection of Ilya Ehrenburg" on the canva’s back. The artwork had never been exhibited in public before. On October 29, 2011 it was sold on auction in Kharkiv, Ukraine for $6 million to an undisclosed buyer.