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A Pablo Picasso Sold for $40.7 Million

February 10, 2011
London
Pablo Picasso’s
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A couple of days ago, at Sotheby’s auction in London, a Pablo Picasso painting exceeded everyone’s expectations when it fetched £25.2 million (or some $40.7 million). La Lecture – that’s the name of the painting – shows Picasso’s 17-year-old lover, Marie-Therese Walter, sleeping in an armchair with a book in her lap. The piece was […]