Sotheby’s “Trois Femmes à la Table Rouge.â€Madonna has decided to sell “Trois Femmes à la Table Rouge,’’ a 1921 painting by Fernand Léger at Sotheby’s in New York on May 7th to benefit girls’ education projects in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries.
“I have a great passion for art and a great passion for education,’’ she said in a statement announcing the sale. “In conjunction with Sotheby’s I would like to share these two passions,’’ adding that “I cannot accept a world where women or girls are wounded, shot or killed for either going to school or teaching in girls’ schools.’’
Madonna bought the painting at Sotheby’s in 1990 for $3.4 million. It is now expected to fetch $5 million to $7 million.
