The value of Picasso’s art has never faltered: the artist was able to sell works at high prices during his lifetime, and since his death in 1973 his pieces have continued to fetch huge sums. Women of Algiers (Version O) (1954–55) sold at auction for a record-breaking $179 million in 2015, beating previous record-breaking sales of Le Rêve (1932) for $155 million in 2013 and Boy with a Pipe (1905) for $104 million in 2004.