Auction fetches record price for Matisse

A painting by Henri Matisse sold for $41.1 million, yesterday — a record auction price for a work by the artist — at an art sale from the estate of Yves Saint Laurent, the auction house Christie's said.

The sale came at the start of a three-day Paris auction of art from the collection of the late French fashion designer that some are calling "the sale of the century."

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