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French Artist Gauguin's Painting Breaks Sale Record At $300 Million

Darpan News Desk IANS, 07 Feb, 2015 01:24 PM

A painting of two Tahitian girls by French artist Gauguin has been sold for $300 million, making it the most expensive work of art ever sold.

"Nafea Faa Ipoipo", or "When Will You Marry?" was painted in 1892 and had been owned by a Swiss collector, BBC reported Saturday.

Unconfirmed reports suggest it was sold to a museum in Qatar.

However, Qatar has not yet confirmed the purchase.

The small oil-rich state paid the previous highest price for a painting, a work by Paul Cezanne which sold for $259 millon.

Before its sale, the Gaugin artwork had been owned by Rudolf Staechelin, a collector from Switzerland's third most populous city, Basel.

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