The works were auctioned at the Bellagio Hotel, known for its extensive art collection.
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The most prominent work in the auction collection was the painting “Femme au beret rouge-orange” (“Woman with a red-orange beret”) – one of the last portraits of Maria Theresa Walter painted by Picasso. Walter started his affair with Picasso when they were 17, and she inspired many of the painter’s most famous works.
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