The world's most expensive painting, Picasso's oil painting "The Boy with the Pipe", was sold for an astronomical price of $104 million at a Sotheby's auction in London on May 5, 2004. Behind this exorbitantly priced masterpiece, however, lies a touching and tragic love story. This painting was created by Picasso in 1905 when he was only 24 years old and had just settled down in Montmartre, the famous highland in Paris where young artists gathered. The painting focuses on a pubescent boy with a slightly melancholic expression. He is dressed in blue, wearing a garland on his head, holding a pipe in his hand, and the background features two large bouquets of brightly colored flowers. Experts commented that this work has fresh and lively colors, delicate brushwork, and both the figures and scenery are vividly portrayed. It is one of Picasso's most representative and classic works in his lifetime.