Modigliani Nude Sets European Auction Record at London Art Sale
A Modigliani nude sold for $63.9 million, setting a European auction record as 48 works from Joe Lewis’s collection went under the hammer.
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The painting "Nu sitting at the necklace" came from the Joe Lewis Collection, also including works by Gustav Klimt, Pablo Picasso or Lucian Freud.
The "obscene" work of the most expensive modernist broke the European record of Sotheby's
The work of Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) from the famous series of nude portraits became the main lot of Sotheby's in London and went for £48.2 million (more than $ 63 million). This is reported by the Artnet portal.
In a historic evening in Sotheby's London, the Lewis Collection's auction of masterpieces, together with the annual sale of modern and contemporary art in June, reached a combined total of Pound393.4 million ($520.7 million), the highest figure ever achieved in a single night in Europe.This record result was driven by a group of masterpieces from the legendary Lewis Collection, which raised a total of Pound296.3 million ($392.6 million), far exc…
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hyun Young-bok = A nude painting by portrait master Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) sold for $63.9 million (approximately 98.5 billion won) at a European auction...
Modigliani nude sets European auction record at London art sale
A London auction of artworks from billionaire Joe Lewis's private collection raised $392.6 million on Wednesday, led by an Amedeo Modigliani nude portrait that set a European auction record. The first sale featured 48 works by artists including Pablo Picasso, René Magritte and Gustav Klimt. Lewis, former majority owner of Tottenham Hotspur, transferred his stake to a family trust in 2022.
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