Modigliani nude sells for a record $68.9m
Baku, November 3 (AZERTAC). A painting of a nude by Amedeo Modigliani has sold for more than $68.9m (£42.7m) at an auction in New York - a record for the artist`s work.
Sotheby`s said five bidders competed for La Belle Romaine, pushing its price well past its $40m (£24.8m) estimate.
The painting, part of a series of nudes created around 1917, was purchased by an anonymous buyer.
Modigliani`s previous auction record was 43.2m euros (£35.8m), set earlier this year in Paris.
“We are delighted with the results of our sale,” said Sotheby`s Simon Shaw.
“It was a great night for Modigliani... that price represents over four times the price realized when it was sold at Sotheby`s in 1999," he added.
Another painting by the artist - Jeanne Hebuterne (au chapeau) - one of the first portraits he painted of his lover, sold for $19.1m (£11.8m), high above its estimate of $9-12m (£5.6-7.4m).
The artist, who lived from 1884 to 1920, originally focused on sculpture but switched to painting in part because of health problems.
Other top-priced works at the Impressionist and Modern Art sale included a canvas from Monet`s famous water lily paintings, which fetched $24.7m (£15.3m) and Matisse`s Danseuse dans le fauteuil, sol en damier, which sold for $20.8m (£12.9m).
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