Скачать или смотреть Modigliani painting fetches US$157 million at auction

(15 May 2018) A 1917 painting by Amedeo Modigliani of a reclining nude woman that was once considered obscene in Paris sold for over 157 million US dollars at an auction in Manhattan on Monday.
"Nu couche (sur le cote gauche)" was the highlight of Sotheby's "Impressionist & Modern Art" sale featuring Pablo Picasso works spanning seven decades, and paintings by Claude Monet, Edvard Munch and Georgia O'Keeffe.
Modigliani shocked Europe at the turn of the 19th century with his series of 22 nudes reclining in every possible position.
When the Italian-born, Jewish artist's nudes were unveiled at a Paris gallery, police demanded that it be shut down, offended by the unflinching strokes of his oil brush that thrust art's nude figure into the modern era.
In the past half-dozen years, prices for Modigliani's works have soared, from 26 million US dollars the current owner paid for "Nu couche (sur le cote gauche)" in 2003 to as much as 170 million US dollars.
Modigliani's painting, which had the highest pre-auction estimate at 150 million US dollars, was still well short of the record for the most expensive painting ever sold.
Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" sold last year at Christie's for 450 million US dollars.

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