Only Claude Monet could turn a stack of hay into stacks of money. The Impressionist’s Meules à Giverny from 1893 will headline next month’s Modern Evening Auction at Sotheby’s, with a pre-sale ...

A Claude Monet painting estimated to sell for $45 million will lead Christie’s Impressionist and modern art evening sale in New York next month. The 1891 painting, “Meule,” of a hay stack at sunset, ...