Modigliani tops Christie’s ‘Artist’s Muse’ sale in New York at $152m
Christie’s latest cross-category sale entitled The Artist’s Muse set the second highest ever auction price for a work of art when Amedeo Modigliani’s Nu couché (Reclining nude) sold at $152m (£104.8m).
The 2ft x 3ft (60 x 92cm) oil on canvas was estimated to raise in excess of $100m at the auction on …