OMG!! See the world record Picasso painting sets for art auction at $179M

Women of Algiers by Pablo Picasso sold for $179.4 mil

A painting by Pablo Picasso set a world record for artwork at an auction in New York, selling for $179.4 million on Monday night, and a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti set a record for most expensive sculpture, at $141.3 million. The buyers elected to remain anonymous.


"Women of Algiers," once owned by the American collectors Victor and Sally Ganz, was inspired by Picasso's fascination with the 19th-century French artist Eugene Delacroix. It is part of a 15-work series Picasso created in 1954-55 designated with the letters A through O. It has appeared in several major museum retrospectives of the Spanish artist.