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Painting by Amedeo Modigliani "Seated Nude on a couch" ("Nu assis sur un divan (La Belle Romaine)") sold at Sotheby's in New York, for 68.96 million dollars .
Thus, "Seated Nude on a couch, established in 1917, set a new record auction price for work by Modigliani. The previous record lasted since 2004, when the work of Modigliani was sold at Sotheby's for 31.4 million dollars.
Officially, Sotheby's before the auction does not divulge estimate "Sitting naked on the couch, but the media reported that a painting will fetch at least $ 40 million. Fighting for the work of Modigliani, according to AFP, were five buyers. Name of new owner pictures were not disclosed.
Other top lots of the auction of Impressionist and modern art, held in the evening on November 2 in New York included "A pond with water lilies" ("Le bassin aux nympheas") by Claude Monet, and "Dancer in the chair on the floor chess" ("Danseuse dans le fauteuil, Sol en damier ") by Henri Matisse. In the end, work by Monet was sold for 24.7 million dollars with a preliminary assessment at 20-30 million, and Matisse's painting was sold for 20.8 million dollars Estimé at 12-18 million.
Total of 61 lots put up for auction failed to sell 49. The total value of the lots gone under the hammer at auction on November 2, exceeded 227.5 million dollars.
(Lenta.Ru)
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