Auction sale reference

Pablo Picasso

Sold for £25,241,250 at Sotheby's on Feb 8, 2011.

Cubist-style painting of a reclining woman with a book, rendered in yellow, green, lavender, and red against a pale blue background.

Lot description

PABLO PICASSO 1881 - 1973 LA LECTURE signed Picasso (upper right); inscribed 11 decembre M.CM.XXXII. on the reverse oil on panel 65.5 by 51cm. 25 3/4 by 20 1/8 in. Painted in January 1932.

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