Modigliani’s ‘Nu couché’ sold for $139m at Sotheby’s auction in New York

The largest painting by ever made by Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) became the fourth most expensive work of art ever sold at auction in New York last night, but it still sold below estimate.

Offered at Sotheby’s evening sale of Impressionist & Modern art with an estimate ‘in excess of $…

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