Picasso painting is the most expensive work ever sold at auction – Daily News – Lisbon

It took 11 minutes, with a number of buyers bidding on the phone to Women of Algiers (Version O) screen painted in 1955 by Pablo Picasso Spanish meter, beat the record that was held by the triptych by Francis Bacon, Three Studies of Lucian Freud , which had been awarded by 142.4 million dollars, also at Christie’s, in 2013, also in New York

There were more records tonight:. a life-size sculpture The man pointing surpassed the record of another sculpture Giacometti, The man walk I , auctioned for 104 million dollars in 2010, also by Christie’s and is now the most expensive sculpture sold at auction , for 141.3 million dollars (126.6 million euros).

Both buyers chose to remain anonymous.

After tonight, the list of the most expensive artwork sold at auction in history is so ordered:

1 – Pablo Picasso, Women of Algiers (version O) (Les Femmes d’Alger), sold for US $ 179.36 million at May 11, 2015, at Christie’s in New York.