February 16, 2021 at 1:32 pm
The First (1896) and Last (1972) Self-Portrait of Pablo Picasso
At 15 years old and 90 years old, with some 50,000 artworks in between
At 15 years old and 90 years old, with some 50,000 artworks in between
A collection of 14 self-portraits at different stages of his life and periods of his career
Photograph by Christie’s $179.36 million. That’s how much an anonymous buyer paid for Pablo Picasso’s 1955 painting, Les femmes d’Alger (Version “O”), earlier today, becoming the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction. It eclipses Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud, which Christie’s sold for $142.4 million in 2013. Les femmes d’Alger (Version…
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