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Picasso, modigliani and william gropper drawings were reproduced inside. The painting nu couche or reclining nude, auctioned by christies in new york on 9 november. Modigliani painting sets auction estimate record hypebeast. Five world auction records for an artist set in the artists muse sale, as modernist masterpiece sells for second highest price ever paid at auction. View amedeo modigliani biographical information, artworks upcoming at auction, and sale prices from our price archives. Most expensive paintings ever sold business insider. Discover works for sale, auction results, market data, news and exhibitions on mutualart. Modiglianis masterpiece sets new world auction record. The auction house sold the most expensive work in its roughly 274year historyamedeo modiglianis painting nu couche sur le cote gauche. Sothebys ceo on modigliani record breaking auction. He was formally educated as a life painter in his teens, quickly developing a lifelong infatuation with nudes. Stay up to date with amedeo modigliani italian, 1884 1920.

Amedeo modigliani biography amadeo modigliani was born in italy on july 12, 1884. Apr 25, 2018 sothebys posts record auction estimate for modigliani work sothebys has broken auction records with a presale estimate set for amedeo modiglianis painting nu couche sur le cote gauche 1917. Amedeo modigliani, nu couche sur le cote gauche, 1917. Jeanne modigliani born giovanna hebuterne, 29 november 1918 27 july 1984 was an italianfrench jewish art historian mostly known for her biographical research on her father, artist amedeo modigliani. Modigliani work sold for record the new york times. The auction house sold the most expensive work in its roughly 274year history amedeo modiglianis painting nu couche sur le cote gauche. First virtual new york art fair brings low energy but solid prices. Modigliani nude expected to lead spring art auctions with. Nu couche sur le cote gauche is said by sothebys to be the. Modigliani nude breaks art auction record the telegraph. The piece was sculpted between 1910 and 1912, and shows an. Bakalar returned to boston before the auction was over without knowing that his peasant in a white bonnet, by van gogh, an 1885 study for. The 10 most expensive sculptures ever sold therichest. The painting, one of only five nudes ever auctioned, gave sothebys its highest price yet but failed to set a new record for the artist.

Modigliani s controversial nu couche painting breaks auction record written by allyssia alleyne, cnn a masterpiece that was once censored on the grounds of obscenity has now set a new auction. The buyer of that painting was the long museum in shanghai. Most expensive artworks sold at auction modigliani s reclining. Nu couche sur le cote gauche was said by sothebys to be the greatest. A painting by italian artist amedeo modigliani has become the most valuable work ever sold at sothebys. Modigliani nude breaks record for highest auction estimate. Amedeo modigliani 430 unknown drawings by modigliani brought to light as the son of the artists best friend releases a new book. Amedeo modiglianis 1917 masterpiece nu couche sur le cote gauche has set a new world record as the most valuable artwork ever offered at auction. Apr 24, 2018 sothebys ceo on modigliani recordbreaking auction. Born to a bourgeois family in italy, he later shunned his academic upbringing and willingly devolved into a poverty stricken vagabond. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Amedeo modigliani was an italian artist known for his unique elongated style of portraiture.

Amedeo modigliani amedeo modigliani upcoming lots by this artist. Modigliani nude carries highest presale estimate in history. Modigliani\s reclining nude fetches secondhighest record. Amedeo modigliani was the epitome of a tragic artist. Italian painter and sculptor amedeo modigliani is celebrated for his iconic portraits, which, with often masklike faces and striking blueeyes, have become iconic works of the early 20th century. Reclining nude was sold at christies in manhattan after a protracted bidding battle to a buyer who wished to remain anonymous, according to the auction house. Buy online, view images and see past prices for carl antonio longi oil. Modigliani nude expected to lead spring art auctions with record. Sothebys sets new auction record with modigliani nude art. Amedeo modigliani 18841920 november 9 2015, new york lot 8 a. Christies chases another record season with modigliani nude. The auction saw a nude by modigliani become the fourth most expensive work of art ever sold at auction.

Man and myth, later translated into english from the italian by esther rowland clifford. A curated evening sale at christies in new york on nov. And the price of the modigliani fell short of the last auction high for a work by the. Auction record modigliani breaks auction record in france. A sculpted stone head by artist amedeo modigliani sold at christies in paris on monday for euro 43. It is one of the 27 sculptures that modigliani had ever made. Image caption the painting was created around 1917. See available works on paper, paintings, and sculpture for sale and learn about the artist. Amedeo modiglianis 1917 painting, nu couche sur le cote gauche. Despite the ninefigure sale, however, the evening wassomehowa muted affair. Amedeo modiglianis nu couche 2015 world auction record.

Pablo picassos painting women of algiers version o set the record for the highest sum ever paid for an artwork at auction. The only painting to sell for more at auction was picassos les femmes dalger version o, which took the record in may when it sold for. Tad smith, sothebys ceo, talks to cnbc s robert frank about new yorks spring art sales. Nov 10, 2015 a painting by amedeo modigliani has fetched the secondhighest price for any artwork at an auction. Amedeo modigliani 1884 1920 italy is an artist born in 1884 the oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a drawingwatercolor sold in 1983, at aderpicardtajan, and the most recent auction result is a drawingwatercolor sold in 2020.