Pablo Picasso's 'Femme a la Montre' Painting Sells for $139M USD via Sotheby's

Pablo Picasso's 1934 painting, Femme a la Montre (Woman with a Watch), just sold for $139m USD via Sotheby's. The work shattered its prior estimate of $120m USD and has become the most valuable artwork to sell globally via auction this year. Created in his signature Cubist style, the painting depicts French model Marie-Thérèse Walter, who Picasso had an affair with from 1927 to 1935, as she's sat in a throne-like chair against a cobalt blue background. While still married to his first wife, Ol...