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Picasso Nude in Rockefeller Auction May Help Break a Record
- Christie’s, Sotheby’s offering 45 works during May auctions
- ‘Young Girl with a Flower Basket’ could fetch $100 million
Picasso Painting At The Rockefeller Auction Could Fetch $100 Million
When the estate of American writer and collector Gertrude Stein came up for sale in 1968, David Rockefeller Sr. formed a syndicate of fellow Museum of Modern Art trustees to buy it.
The members, including William S. Paley, Nelson Rockefeller and John Hay Whitney, agreed to draw numbers from a felt hat to determine the selection order. Rockefeller drew the first pick.