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Pablo Picasso’s Les Femmes d’Alger (Version 0) this week became the most expensive painting to sell at auction, going for US$179.3m at Christie’s in New York.
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Pablo Picasso’s Les Femmes d’Alger (Version 0) – which was exhibited in Hong Kong last month – this week became the most expensive painting to sell at auction, going for US$179.3m at Christie’s in New York. The price also made it the fourth most expensive painting ever sold.
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