London - The oil paintings Springende Pferde by German expressionist artist Franz Marc fetched 6.2 million dollars At Christie's auction house Tuesday. The price exceeded the lowest estimation of 4.9 million dollars and grazed just under the maximum estimate of 6.5 million dollars.
Marc is one of the main important painters of the 20th century and was a co-founder of Munich's 'Blaue Reiter' artist circle that included Wassily Kandinsky and August Macke. His painting of the three leap horses was made in 1910. He was draft into the German army after the outbreak of World War I in 1914 and was killed in 1916 during the Battle of Verdun.
Also sold at the auction was Claude Monet's Au Parc Monceau from 1878, for 10.4 million dollars - well beyond the maximum hope of 7.4 million dollars.
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