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LeS FeMMeS d’aLGeR (VeRSIoN o) – pabLo pICaSSo SoLd FoR: $179.4M The current record holder for the most expensive painting ever sold at auction is also the most recent sale on this list. picasso created a series of 15 variations of Les femmes d’alger (The Women of algiers) inspired by the French master eugene delacroix between 1954 and 1955. Version o is marks the culmination of the series it has long been considered the most important picasso in private hands While the identity of new buyer was not revealed at the time of the sale, recent reports suggest that billionaire and former Qatari prime minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al Thani might be the proud new owner of the painting. The wealthy sheikh who supposedly owns pricey homes in London and New York has been dubbed the “man who bought London.”
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