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Emily Fisher Landau, one of the greatest collectors and patrons of the 20th century, recently put up for sale her collection rich in numerous masterpieces including paintings by Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Georgia O'Keeffe and especially a painting by Pablo Picasso.

This sale, historic to say the least, has more than paid off! Indeed, one of the Spanish master's masterpieces, Woman with a Watch was sold at auction at Sotheby's headquarters in New York this Wednesday, November 8, 2023, in just a few minutes for 140 million of dollars. If this is not a record, it is still the second price ever reached for the legendary painter, following Women of Algiers (version O), work sold for around 180 million dollars in 2015. The famous painting represents the French painter Marie-Thérèse Walter, one of Picasso's companions who was literally his "golden muse". We also find her dozing on Sleeping Woman, another painting auctioned by Christie's which hopes for 25 to 35 million dollars.

Sale: November 8 and 9, 2023
Sotheby’s, New York
Estimate: €120,000,000
Sale: €139,000,000