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- Sotheby's France auction sold Monet's “Iris” for €50 million, a French auction record.
- A private Asian collector, represented by Sotheby's deputy chairman Jen Hua, purchased the painting.
- The sale brought total proceeds to €74.4 million, the highest ever for a Sotheby's Paris fine-art auction.
- The work had never left the Schlumberger family mansion and had never been publicly exhibited.