"Record-breaking Art Auction: Picasso's Mistress Portrait and Landau Collection Fetch Over $520 Million"

A Picasso masterpiece titled "Femme à la montre" is set to be auctioned at Sotheby's in November and is expected to sell for over $120 million. The 1932 oil painting depicts Picasso's lover and muse, Marie-Thérèse Walter. The artwork is from one of the most prolific years of Picasso's career and is described as a masterpiece by the auction house. The painting is part of the collection of Emily Fisher Landau, a renowned art collector, and is one of about 120 works expected to sell for over $400 million overall.