Pablo Picasso’s “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust” garnered $106.5 million Tuesday night at Christie’s International in New York, the highest amount ever paid for an artwork at auction.
The coveted painting, from a series of Picasso's mistress Marie-Therese Walter, usurped the $104.2 million record set at Sotheby’s in New York in 2004 for a 1905 Picasso painting, “Garcon a la Pipe.”
Estimated at $70 million to $90 million, the Picasso came from the collection of Los Angeles philanthropist Frances Brody. An anonymous telephone bidder prevailed as the buyer.
