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Picasso masterpiece depicting his young mistress could sell for over $120 million at auction. CNN

A Picasso masterpiece entitled “Femme à la montre” is expected to fetch more than $120 million when it goes up for auction this fall.

The 1932 oil painting will take center-stage at a two-day event at Sotheby’s in New York in November, when the collection of Emily Fisher Landau goes on sale.

According to Sotheby’s, “the sense of release from keeping secrets about his affair seem to have spilled out onto this extraordinary canvas, in which he gives full painterly rein to new-found freedoms, drenching the painting in strong primary colors and beautiful forms, while at the same time paying careful attention to every small detail, creating a composition that is both intensely complex and deeply harmonious.”

The painting is one of about 120 from the collection of Fisher Landau, a world renowned contemporary art collector who died earlier this year aged 102, according to The Art Newspaper.

Last year, Picasso’s most curious painting of Walter, in which she appears as a tentacled sea creature, sold for $67.5 million at Sotheby’s in New York.

In May 2015, Picasso’s “Les femmes d’Alger (Version “O”) sold at Christie’s in New York for $179.4 million—at that time, the highest price ever paid for a work of art at auction.

VOCABULARY POINTS.

1.TAKE CENTER STAGE

To be the main focus. If someone or something takes centre stage, they become the most significant or noticeable person or item in a situation.

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2. SPILL OUT (OF SOMETHING)

1. Of a liquid, granular substance, or collection of items, to slosh, scatter, or flow out of some container.

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The man knocked my shopping cart over, and all my groceries spilled out.

2. To cause some liquid, granular substance, or collection of items to slosh, scatter, or flow out of some container. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "spill" and "out."

I accidentally spilled water out of the dehumidifier when I went to change its filter.

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3. Of an emotion, especially a negative one, to be expressed very suddenly and volubly.

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4. To express, demonstrate, or release a great amount of some emotion, especially a negative one. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "spill" and "out."

I knew there was nothing the courts would do, so I began spilling out my anger and frustration into a book that I hoped would help expose the truth.

5. Of people or animals, to throng together and exit (from or into some place or thing) in great numbers and all at once.

Thousands of people spilled out onto the streets to protest the controversial legislation.

I was horrified as dozens of rats came spilling out of the rotten wall.

3.HARMONIOUS

adjective

1. In keeping with one's needs or expectations:

They work to understand and compromise, resulting in a harmonious family life.

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2. Having components pleasingly combined:

Using three colors in this manner creates another wonderful harmonious look

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3. Characterized by harmony of sound:

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