Picasso's Women of Algiers sold for a record $179.3 million at a Christie's auction on Monday.
What's the maximum you have ever spent on an art piece?
I bet it's not $179.3 million. That's how much an anonymous buyer paid for Picasso's Women of Algiers at a Christie's auction on Monday.
It's the most expensive artwork to be ever sold at an auction.
To put that price into context, there are several countries with annual GDP less than that amount.
The BBC notes, "The Picasso oil painting is a vibrant depiction of nude and semi-nude women, and is part of a 15-work series the Spanish artist created in 1954-55 designated
