LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 19: Sotheby’s European Chairman and auctioneer, Helena Newman fields bids at Sotheby’s flagship Impressionist & Modern Art sale in London tonight. Monet’s Nymphéas (1908) led the sale realising £23,731,624 – one of the highest prices ever achieved at auction for an Impressionist painting sold in Europe. Earlier in the evening Amadeo Modigliani’s Jeune homme assis, les mains croisées sur les genoux (1918) achieved £18,422,000 at Sotheby’s on June 19, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images for Sotheby’s )
