A 1965 Pablo Picasso painting inspired by his wife sold for €7.2 (£6.1 million) at a New York City auction.

The 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 US 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 €82.7 (£70 million), a world record price for any work of art at auction.

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