NEW YORK (AP) β A celebrated portrait of a Parisian actress by Edouard Manet has set a new auction record for the artist during the second day of a major fall sale in New York of impressionist and modern art.
“Spring” was sold at Christie’s Wednesday for $65 million, almost doubling the previous record of $33.2 million for the French impressionist.
“Spring” is considered a Manet masterpiece. It was first presented at the 1882 Paris Salon and depicts actress Jeanne Demarsy in a floral dress and bonnet as an evocation of spring.
Manet had intended four allegorical works of the four seasons but only completed “Spring” and “Autumn.”
Manet was one of the leading artists of the impressionist movement, famous for his portraits and scenes from everyday life.
He died in 1883 at 51.
