Picasso Painting

In Christies Auction in New York a painting is the center of attention. A painting by the famous artist Picasso. It's value is $140 million dollars. The painting itself is older than one hundred years old. Christies says that post war and contemporary paintings are the ones that gross the most profit. The painting which was provided by a private seller is "Les Femmes D'Alger" version O. Produced in 1955. And was inspired by Eugène Delacroix's 1834 orientalist masterpiece "women of Algiers". The price it was bought for was $31.9 Million and now it's valued at $140 Million making it one of the most expensive pieces of art to date.

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