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    As a previous question pointed out, a painting by Picasso has held a certain record. That record has just been broken. What is it, what is the new record-holder, and can you provide an illustration?

    Question #67139. Asked by lanfranco. (Jun 19 06 8:53 AM)


    zbeckabee

    		Old: "Boy With a Pipe (The Young Apprentice)," sold for $104.1 million

    New: Dora Maar with Cat sold for $123.9 million

    http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/picasso-fetches-124m/2006/05/04/1146335842793.html

    Jun 19 06, 9:40 AM
    zbeckabee

    		Boy with a Pipe remains the most expensive painting ever sold since it went under the hammer at a New York auction for $135.6 million in May 2004.

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    Same Link


    Jun 19 06, 9:41 AM
    lanfranco

    		Sorry, zbeck, but that site is incorrect (though it may be adding the buyer's premium charged at auctions.)

    "Boy With a Pipe" is now the old record holder, and it sold for just over $104 million. "Dora Maar with Cat" sold for just over $95 million. There is a brand-new record holder, the identity of which has just been announced.

    Jun 19 06, 9:54 AM
    zbeckabee

    		"Adele Bloch-Bauer I."

    With any luck...this site is more accurate.

    A dazzling gold-flecked 1907 portrait by Gustav Klimt has been purchased for the Neue Galerie in Manhattan by the cosmetics magnate Ronald S. Lauder for $135 million, the highest sum ever paid for a painting.


    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/19/arts/design/19klim.html?ex=1151380800&en=462689a4189466b7&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVERNEWS


    Jun 19 06, 10:05 AM
    zbeckabee

    		By the way...what a magnificent piece!!!

    Jun 19 06, 10:06 AM
    lanfranco

    		That's the one, zbeck, and yes, it is magnificent, though I never expected to see a Klimt fetch such a price. That's precisely the site I had in mind.

    It's a grievous loss for Vienna, although it could be argued that this is justice. At least Lauder plans to exhibit the work rather than hide it away in a private collection.

    Jun 19 06, 10:18 AM
    lanfranco

    		Here's a full view:



    http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/dazzling-sum-for-liberated-klimt-masterpiece/2006/06/19/1150701485140.html

    Jun 19 06, 5:07 PM

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