Christie’s has been consigned to sell Claude Monet’s Pommiers en fleurs (1872) by the Union League Club of Chicago to help fund a $10 million renovation of its building.Egon Schiele’s Death Mask Surpasses Expectations at Sloane Street Auctions Sale The auction house will feature the painting of a French lane with blooming white flowers and bushes at its 20th Century Evening Sale on November 19. The estimate is $7 million to $10 million. Club member Judge John Barton Payne purchased the painting in 1895 and sold it to the club for $500. By the late 1950s, the value of the 23-inch by…