$18.6 million
Sotheby's, New York, May 5
The Women of Algiers, 1955
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Modeled for by Picasso's last wife, Jacqueline, and influenced by Eugene Delacroix, this painting was sold by the estate of New York psychiatrist John A. Cook and his wife, Margaret, who acquired it in 1962; the buyer was New York dealer David Nahmad.