Pablo Picasso's "Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto," a work
from the painter's Blue Period, has sold for nearly 35
million pounds ($NZ73.9 million) at a London auction.
A water lily painting by Claude Monet and a portrait by Pablo
Picasso are each expected to sell for 30 million pounds to 40
million pounds ($NZ64 million to $NZ85 million) at auction
this month.
An important Picasso painting accidentally damaged by a
visitor last week will be repaired in time for a large
exhibition of the artist's works at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art in April, the Metropolitan Museum of Art today.
