From the magazine “FIRST Arte” – We publish below the news of the sale by Sotheby's of the large Modigliani nude. Half of the value of the auction on the evening of 14 May was due to a single lot, one of the 22 large nudes painted by Amedeo Modigliani in Paris.
To win the work, the buyer had to exceed the estimate of the work by a few million.
Reclining nude it's not just the biggest job of his career Amedeo Modigliani and his largest nude – particularly sensual – is now also the most valuable work ever sold to Sotheby's, sold for $157,2 million during the Impressionist and Modern Art auction held yesterday, May 14th. The work was previously purchased in 2003 for $26,9 million.
Other works have made outstanding achievements, in 2010, the oil painting by Modigliani Nu Assis Sur Un Divan (La Belle Romaine) of 1917 was sold at Sotheby's New York for $69 million. In 2014 his sculpture Tête 1911 – 12 reached $70,7 million at Sotheby's New York……
