http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18187258
A 1944 surrealist painting by Cuban Wilfredo Lam sold to an anonymous South American collector for $4.5 million at Sotheby's in NYC.
'Idol' has been privately held since 1947...and its auction price more than doubled his previous top price.
Wilfredo Lam died in 1982.
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