Picasso's oil painting "The Boy with a Pipe" sold at a sky-high price of $654.38+$ 0.465.438+$0.6 million, setting a new world record for painting auction and becoming the most expensive painting in the world at present.
On May 5, 2004, Picasso's famous oil painting "The Boy with a Pipe" was auctioned at Sotheby's in new york, USA, and finally sold for a record $654.38+004 billion (including the extra expenses of bidders), making it the "most expensive painting" in the world.
According to American media reports on May 6, the world-famous Sotheby's auction house sold many famous oil paintings on May 5, almost all of which were classics of world painting masters, among which Picasso's famous painting The Boy with a Pipe was the most eye-catching.
This painting was created by Picasso in 1905, when he was only 24 years old and had just settled in the famous Montmartre in Paris where young artists gathered. This painting focuses on an adolescent boy with a melancholy expression. He is dressed in blue, wearing a corolla and holding a pipe. In the background of this painting, there are two colorful flowers. Experts commented that this work is fresh and bright in color, exquisite in brushwork and vivid in characters and scenery. It is one of the most representative and classic works in Picasso's life.
1905, philanthropist Betsy Whitney bought this painting for $30,000. Now, in order to raise charity funds, she has taken this painting to Sotheby's auction house for auction.
The reserve price of the auction is $55 million. On the day of the auction, the boy with a pipe started to sell at a reserve price of $55 million, and more than a dozen bidders scrambled to raise the price to $79 million. At this moment, the auction hall suddenly became very quiet, and experienced auctioneer tobias Mayer immediately said, "Are we finished? I am very willing to wait. " It was really useful. Then, the two main bidders quickly raised the price to 93 million dollars, and the audience applauded. However, people did not expect that a mysterious buyer immediately pushed the price to more than $654.38 billion. Finally, the hammer finalized the final price-$654.38 +0.04 billion. However, Sotheby's auction house did not disclose any personal information of the buyer, and even refused to give any hint about his nationality.
News background:
Breaking the auction record of Van Gogh's famous paintings "The Boy with a Pipe" broke the previous auction price record of Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Xie Jia" with the auction price of $654.38+$04 million. At that time, a Japanese billionaire bought this famous painting at Christie's auction house for $82.5 million. At the same time, this auction price also surpassed the record set by another Picasso work. From June 5438 to October 2000 10, Picasso's famous painting "The Woman with Her Hands Holding Her Chest" sold for a high price of 55 million dollars. After the auction, auctioneer tobias Mayer also said that he was really excited to host the most expensive art auction in history. It is reported that many celebrities have expressed their interest in bidding for this boy with a pipe, including software giant, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Estee Lauder, the world's top cosmetics brand.