The work “Reclining Nude” (lying naked) of Amedeu Modigliani auctioned yesterday in the New York gallery Christie’s managed to reach 170.4 million dollars of prize (152 million to lower the hammer), which exceeded more than the last record for the artist, which stood at $ 71 million.
The work, which has exceeded Christie’s expectations of $ 100 million, is one of the last works of the painter’s career tragically short, the paradigm of romantic bohemian artist in Paris.
Although it was not the only one of his nudes, yes it is the most uninhibited by the position of the model, showing her lying with open arms legs and body.
The record for the Italian artist was held at the first big night auction at Christie’s autumn, dedicated to “the muse of the artist” and has had 34 paintings and sculptures by masters such as Paul Gauguin and Roy Lichtenstein, who also have achieved their own records.
Thus, “Therese” sculpture, Gauguin, got $ 30.9 million, more than any previous work of the artist.
Also, the colorful “Nurse” (Nurse) of Liechtenstein, who started with an estimate of $ 80 million, managed to reach the 95.3 million, the most ever paid for a work of pop artist to date (56 million).
The famous and colorful works, the quintessential heroine of Lichtenstein, had decades out of the market in the hands of a private collector.
The Impressionist, modern and contemporary art by famous artists “does not require a great aesthetic or intellectual risk by the collector,” said Sarah Lichtman, a history professor of design at the Parsons School of Design.
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