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Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O)

Maker
Pablo Picasso
Year
1955
Rank
1 of 100

Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O)

Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O) by Pablo Picasso (1955) is ranked 1 in the FLOAT 100 for Fine art. It sold for $179,365,000 on 11 May 2015. Picasso's all-time auction record and the defining blue-chip benchmark of the post-war/modern market.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

Picasso's all-time auction record and the defining blue-chip benchmark of the post-war/modern market.

Oil on canvas, 114 x 146.4 cm (unique)

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$179,365,000
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
11 May 2015

Christie's New York 'Looking Forward to the Past', total incl. premium, native USD

This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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