Picasso Painting Sold for Record Price
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
"Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" on display April 29, 2010 at Christie's in New York. (Photo by Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)
A 1932 Picasso painting of the artists' mistress, 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust,' has sold for $106.5 million at Christie's auction house to a telephone bidder. This sale breaks the previous world record of $104.3 million for 'Walking Man I' -- a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, the Swiss sculptor and painter.
'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust' had been estimated at $70 million to $90 million. The painting was only shown once in the U.S., in 1961.
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