“For the 10th consecutive year, Picasso has been named the top-selling artist of the past year by Artprice, an international agency that monitors art sales and auctions around the world. The Cubist master remained on top in 2006, with sales of his work totalling $339.2 million US. The Spanish artist’s 1941 portrait Dora Maar au chat also achieved the year’s top price at auction: $85 million US.”