The Chinese Girl was the best thing that ever happened to me in my not-so-nice life.’ The painting will be auctioned at Bonhams in London in March by the original buyer's granddaughter.

Earlier this year Vladimir Tretchikoff's portrait Chinese Girl, often referred to as The Green Lady, was sold for almost £1m ($1.5m) at auction in London - a reflection of its status as one of ...

News World news Art Chinese Girl: World's most reproduced painting sells for nearly £1 million at auction The work by Siberian-born artist Vladimir Tretchikoff was bought for £982,050 - nearly ...

The identity of the model for “Chinese Girl” was a mystery for decades, too. After she was eventually identified three years ago, CNN visited Monika Pon at home in Johannesburg.

The stories of the painting and its mass-produced copies couldn't be more different. After Buehler bought it, The Chinese Girl hung in her dining room for 20 years.

Vladimir Tretchikoff's original painting of the Chinese Girl, believed to be the world's most reproduced print, sells at auction for £982,050, around twice its anticipated sale price.

Billionaire jeweller Laurence Graff has bought the original painting of the Chinese Girl - thought to be the most reproduced print in the world - for nearly £1 million.