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Price Gauguin
At $300 million, this is now the most expensive painting ever
A steal. Right?
A PAINTING OF two Tahitian girls by French post-impressionist Paul Gauguin has sold for a reported $300 million.
The painting has been sold to a museum in the oil-rich Arabian nation of Qatar, reports say.
It had been owned by a Swiss collection.
Ruedi Staehelin, who speaks for the Staehelin Family Trust, confirmed to The Associated Press only that the oil painting, called “Nafea faa ipoipo?” — Tahitian for “When will you marry?” — showing two women has been sold.
Swiss media had reported earlier this week that the painting was bought by Qatari royalty for $300 million, making it the most expensive painting ever.
Staehelin confirmed to a Swiss paper that the painting sold for more than “double-digit millions”.
Qatar had paid the previous highest price for a painting, shelling out $240 million for a work by Paul Cezanne.
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