Picasso painting sold for $106m

New York - A 1932 painting by Pablo Picasso set a world art auction record on Tuesday when it sold for a staggering $106.4m, the auction house Christie's announced.

The Spanish master's painting, "Nu au Plateau de Sculpteur" ("Nude, Green Leaves and Bust") had been expected to bring in more than $80m, but soared past that figure to eclipse the record set in February, when Alberto Giacommetti's "Walking Man I" sculpture sold in London for $104.3m.

 - AFP