"Record-Breaking Picasso Painting Fetches $139 Million at Auction"

Pablo Picasso's 1932 painting "Femme à la montre" sold for over $139 million at a Sotheby's auction, becoming the most valuable artwork sold at an auction this year. The painting, depicting Picasso's lover Marie-Thérèse Walter, is a significant piece in the fall art auction season and was part of a larger collection sale. This sale marks the second most expensive Picasso painting sold at auction, behind "Les femmes d'Alger (Version 'O')."