Giovanna Bertazzoni of Christie's looks at Claude Monet's "Dans la Prairie" at Christie's auction house in London, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. The hugely significant work which portrays the artist's wife reclining in a meadow, is expected to realize in the region of 15 million pounds, ($22.5 million/16.9 million euro) when it is offered at the evening auction of Impressionist and Modern Art on Feb. 4, 2009 at Christie's in London. AP Photo logo AP Photo 41 months ago

Giovanna Bertazzoni of Christie's looks at Claude Monet's "Dans la Prairie" at Christie's auction house in London, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. The hugely significant work which portrays the artist's wife reclining in a meadow, is expected to realize in the region of 15 million pounds, ($22.5 million/16.9 million euro) when it is offered at the evening auction of Impressionist and Modern Art on Feb. 4, 2009 at Christie's in London.

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