Picasso Painting Fetches $40M by the side of U.K. Auction
AP LONDON – A Pablo Picasso painting depicting his fresh lover Marie-Therese Walter has sold on behalf of 25.2 million pounds $40.7 million by the side of a London public sale.Sothebys says the 1932 painting, called La Lecture, was bought by an secret buyer done the phone gone certain six minutes of heated contest amid bidders.The painting was anticipated to fetch up to 18 million pounds $28.9 million.