Picasso Portrait on Auction – level 1

28-02-2018 07:00

A famous painting goes up on auction. It is a portrait by Picasso. The auction is in London. The portrait can cost around $50 million.

The painting is special. It is a portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter. There is more to the painting. There is a reference to another woman and other paintings.

Difficult words: auction (an event when you can buy something if you pay the highest price), portrait (a picture of a person, especially the face), reference (a connection to something, a message about something).

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