Picasso portrait fetches £25m

A Pablo Picasso portrait of his teenage mistress has sold for £25.2m (€29.7m) at auction.

Wed, 09 Feb, 2011 - 09:29

A Pablo Picasso portrait of his teenage mistress has sold for £25.2m (€29.7m) at auction.

La Lecture, bought anonymously, fetched more than double its low estimate of £12m at Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Art sale in London.

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