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^Nice.
*An image taken by the American Cindy Sherman in 1981 - and never used by the magazine Artforum of contemporary art that had commissioned it - has become the world's most expensive picture. The shot - a self-portrait called Untitled # 96, which shows a Sherman thirties lying on the floor of a kitchen - was sold for 3.89 million dollars during an auction at Christie that was held recently in New York. It is part of a series of 10 images - called "Centerfolds" - that it intended to draw attention to the stereotypes that accompany the role of women in newspapers, on TV and the big screen. *
Wouldn't have been more interesting to see a picture of the face of the buyer instead?