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Delacroix Women of Algiers

Splurging £102.6m on Picasso’s Women of Algiers is simply insane

December 31, 2019May 13, 2015 by Editorial Team

The record-breaking price paid for a late, ungreat work shows the foolishness of collectors infected by a dumb new buzz around the artist

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