Claude Monet’s Nymphéas (1897–99) is set to headline the inaugural sale at Christie’s new Zaha Hadid-designed Hong Kong headquarters on September 26. With an estimate of between HK$200 million and HK$280 million ($25 million – $35 million), the work is poised to become one of the most expensive artworks ever sold in Asia. Should the final sale price exceed the high estimate, Nymphéas could end up topping the list of the most expensive Western artworks ever sold in Asia, which currently includes Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Warrior ($41.7 million at Christie's Hong Kong in 2021) and his 1985 Untitled ($37.3 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in 2021) along with Amedeo Modigliani’s Paulette Jourdain ($35 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in 2023).

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