a model of pablo piccaso is about to hit the auction bloke.we look at his work, expected to snatch record-breaking prices. >> andy warhol said if you look at something long enough it loses its meaning. >> i see knows, eye, elephant. >> pablo piccaso's work on the chicago daily plaza has kept the curious guessing for years. >> it's a human from a different perspective. >> a columnist wrote the sculpture had cold, mean eyes. 46 years later the art world is eyeing two models going up for auction. >> these sculptures you don't see regularly, to ss a rare opportunity to acquire such work by the master. this is estimated at $$25 million - it's something we hope to achieve a great price for. >> it belonged to jan krugier, widely considered an influential art collector. it could fetch between $170 million to $175 million. many art enthusiasts home the model that pablo piccaso kept for himself will soon call the windy city home. >> if they were going to go for a civic sculpture they could have picked a commemorative thing. instead they went to a challe

many hope the model pablo piccaso kept for himself will call the windy city home. it was that work that touched off admiration and respect. >> they could have picked a figure commemorating a war. they went to a challenging artist and said, "make us something." >> he did. >> pk never visit ( -- pablo piccaso never visited chicago and never explained what the sculpture was. >> the precise problem in reading it is what he was trying to make. it is difficult to read. that's what he was making. a mystery and master piece making for a monumental sale. >> pablo piccaso was originally paid $350,000 for the statue. thank you so much for your time. condition to follow us on the website. there's more news at the top of the hour. do keep it here. [[voiceover]] from al jazeera media network comes a new voice of journalism in the u.s. >>the delta is a microcosm of america. [[voiceover]] we tell the human story, from around the block, across the country, with more points of view. >>if joe can't find work, his family will go from living in a motel to living in their car. [[voiceov