Paul Gauguin Painting Sells For Record $300 Million To Qatar Museums In Private Sale

This article originally appeared on artnet News. by Sarah Cascone A new record price for an artwork, nearly $300 million, may have been achieved with the sale of a Paul Gauguin canvas by a Swiss collector. The buyer is rumored to be the Qatar Museums. The seller, Rudolf Staechelin, a retired Sotheby's executive who now lives in Basel, confirmed the sale this afternoon to the New York Times, but declined to identify the buyer or disclose the price. The 1892 oil painting, Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Wi...