Claude Monet's 'Iris' becomes most expensive artwork sold at auction in France, Sotheby's says

Claude Monet's monumental painting "Iris" sold for 50 million euros, equivalent to approximately $56 million including buyer fees, at a Sotheby's auction in Paris on Thursday. The sale makes the artwork the most expensive piece ever sold at auction in France.

The painting, which was completed toward the end of the Impressionist master's life, drew intense interest and frantic bidding from prospective buyers before achieving the record-breaking price.