Bulk purchase includes 1937 portrait of lover Marie-Thérèse Walter,sold for nearly £50mA London art adviser has spent more than £110m bulk buying 13 works of art by Picasso on behalf of unnamed wealthy clients.
Harry Smith, executive chairman and managing director of the art advisory firm Gurr Johns, or bought four Picasso works,including a 1937 portrait of the artist’s lover Marie-Thérèse Walter for £49.8m, at a Sotheby’s auction in London on Wednesday night. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk