Pablo Picasso painting inspired by wife, owned by JFK’s sister sells for $9.3M at NYC auction

Picasso art inspired by wife sells in NY for $9.3M

NEW YORK — A 1965 Pablo Picasso painting inspired by his wife has sold for $9.3 million at a New York City auction.

Wednesday’s price for “Woman with the Large Hat, Bust” at the Sotheby’s auction house was in line with its pre-sale estimate.

The painting depicts Jacqueline Roque, who married Picasso in 1961. It hung for 50 years in the Manhattan apartment of Patricia Kennedy Lawford, a sister of former President John F. Kennedy. It was sold by Lawford’s estate.

The sale came a day after a record sale for a 1932 Picasso painting of his mistress. “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust” sold at a Christie’s auction for $106.5 million, a world record price for any work of art at auction.