Chinese Girl sale sets world record for Tretchikoff

Chinese Girl – the iconic work from Vladimir Tretchikoff, the Russian émigré who settled in South Africa – was sold this week at Bonhams’ South African art sale in London for £840,000, to set a world record for the artist.

And the most copied picture on Earth is on its way back to South Africa, thanks to the buyer, Lauren…

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