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  1. Amedeo Modigliani painted the nude model throughout his career. Among the early examples are Nude with a Hat (recto; Hecht Museum, University of Haifa, Haifa; C7a), Nude Study (private collection; C8), Bust of a Young Girl (private collection; C10) and Seated Nude (private collection; C11), all of which date from 1908.1 A few years later, when the artist was focusing on sculpture, he painted a ...

  2. Apr 24, 2018 · In 2015, another reclining nude from the series sold at auction for $170.4 million, at the time marking the second-highest price ever paid for a work of art at auction. As Modigliani’s greatest painting from his legendary series of nudes, Nu couché (sur le côté gauche) will undoubtedly stop traffic again as it goes on public exhibition in ...

  3. May 15, 2018 · A once-controversial nude by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani has become the one of the most expensive artworks ever to sell at auction. The 1917 painting “Nu couché (sur le côté gauche ...

  4. Nov 10, 2015 · Amedeo Modigliani's Nu Couché drew a stunning $170.4 million. ... His work would sell for less than $10, if buyers were even that interested. Now, however, the art world's tastes have caught up ...

  5. May 14, 2018 · Nu couché is not only the largest work from Amedeo Modigliani's career and his greatest nude, it is now the most valuable work ever sold at Sothebys—selling for $157 million in the 14 May Impressionist & Modern Evening Sale. Nu couché was acquired by its previous owner at auction in 2003 for $26.9 million.

  6. As part of this endeavor the organization is preparing a new catalogue raisonné of Modigliani's artwork. Art market. In November 2010, a painting of a nude by Amedeo Modigliani, part of a series of nudes he created around 1917, sold for more than $68.9m (£42.7m) at an auction in New York—a record for the artist's work.

  7. Nov 10, 2015 · A nude by Amedeo Modigliani sold for $170.4 million at Christie’s on Monday, becoming the second most expensive painting ever sold at auction, according to the New York Times. The work, “Nu ...