Rare Picasso painting in Hong Kong ahead of historic sale
A rare Picasso painting on auction for the first time make its debut in Hong Kong at the start of a global tour on and is expected to fetch $50 million, auction house Sotheby's says. The painting "Femme au beret et a la robe quadrillee (Marie-Therese Walter)" is a colourful and angular depiction of Picasso's French lover with a dark silhouette looming behind her face. - AFP, January 31, 2018