Video of $29.1 Million Picasso Auction Purchase
Picasso's "Femme assise, robe bleue"
The highest price paid for a work of art at Christie’s June 21 Impressionist/Modern Art Sale in London was for a Picasso painting titled, “Femme assise, robe bleue”. It was bought by a man by the name of Dimitris Mavromatis, a Greek art buyer, for $29.1 million. Click here for a video of the purchase, which gives a fascinating look at a high-stakes art auction.
“Femme assise, robe bleue” had a pre-sale estimate of $6.5 to $12.8 million.
Picasso's "Jeune fille endormie".
Three Picasso paintings, including “Jeune fille endormie” (pictured below), each portraits of lovers of Picasso, sold for a combined $68 million. To read more about this auction, click here.
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