Picasso Painting Bags $51.2 Million at Auction
Pablo Picasso's "Portrait d'Angel Fernandez de Soto" sold for a staggering 347 million pounds -- that's $512 million for those of us in the dollar zone -- at a Christie's auction in London on Wednesday (continued).Pablo Picasso’s “Portrait d’Angel Fernandez de Soto” sold for a staggering 34.7 million pounds — that’s $51.2 million for those of us in the dollar zone — at a Christie’s auction in London on Wednesday. Surprisingly enough, however, the overall auction wasn’t necessarily considered a roaring success despite overall numbers that look pretty recession-proof from where we sit. –KA
Your support matters…The Wall Street Journal:
The painting lent its moody tone to Christie’s £152.6 million ($226.5 million) evening sale of Impressionist and modern art. The overall total nearly quadrupled the house’s $60.4 million sale last June, but the sale felt deflated because 16 of its offerings went unsold. These included a Claude Monet waterlily work, “Nympheas,” that was expected to sell for over £30 million along with works by Kees van Dongen, Marc Chagall, Paul Klee and Balthus.
Independent journalism is under threat and overshadowed by heavily funded mainstream media.
You can help level the playing field. Become a member.
Your tax-deductible contribution keeps us digging beneath the headlines to give you thought-provoking, investigative reporting and analysis that unearths what's really happening- without compromise.
Give today to support our courageous, independent journalists.
You need to be a supporter to comment.
There are currently no responses to this article.
Be the first to respond.