Preview: Sotheby's Impressionist and modern art auction (10 images)

Art pieces ranging from Claude Monet to Jean-Michel Basquiat are up for auction at Sotheby's evening auctions of Impressionist, as well as modern and contemporary art. Here's a look at the pieces on display. Photos by UPI photographer John Angelillo.

Workers prepare to put "Le Bassin Aux Nympheas" by Claude Monet on display at the preview Monday. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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"Quad Elvis" by Jeff Koons is on display at Sotheby's. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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Works of art are on display at a press preview for Sotheby's contemporary art evening auction. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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"George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware: Page from an American History Textbook" by Robert Colescott. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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