Title - Women of Algiers 1955 by Pablo Picasso b.1881 d.1973, famous Spanish painter. The oil on canvas was sensationally sold yesterday at Christies New York for a staggering $179.3m. This Picasso piece breaks the world record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at an auction. Altogether the auction was quickly and furiously settled in a staggering 100 seconds! Before the opening of the bidding, in 11 minutes of opening argument, the stage was inevitably set for opening bids at $140m. the sale represents one of the most famous sales of a work of art in the history of auctioneers Christies.
Reflections on art and its values by Pieter Bergli
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