Les Noces de Pierrette

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Les Noces de Pierrette is a 1905 painting created by Spanish artist and sculptor, Pablo Picasso. It was created during Picasso's Blue Period, a time when he faced continual depression from the suicide of his friend Carlos Casagemas in 1901 as well as continual poverty early in his career.

[edit] Sales history

The painting was sold to an Asian Businessman at Binoche et Godeau in Paris, France, on November 30, 1989 for a large sum of $51,670,000, earning it a place as one of the world's most expensive paintings. [1]

[edit] See also

• Blue Period
• Pablo Picasso
• List of most expensive paintings