Amedeo Modigliani
Nu Couché
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Artist's Muse: A Curated Evening Sale, Lot 8 A
9. Nov - 9. Nov 2015
The Artist's Muse: A Curated Evening Sale, Lot 8 A
9. Nov - 9. Nov 2015
Estimate: 100.000.000 - 150.000.000 USD
Price realised: 170.405.000 USD
Price realised: 170.405.000 USD
Description
signed ‘modigliani’ (upper right)
oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 36 ¼ in. (59.9 x 92 cm.)
Painted in 1917-1918
Léopold Zborowski, Paris. | Jonas Netter, Paris. | Riccardo and Cesarina Gualino, Turin (acquired in Paris, 2 October 1928). | Società Anonima Finanziaria, Zaccaria Pisa, Milan; collection sale, Galleria Pesaro, Milan, 5-8 February 1934, lot 185. | Pietro Feroldi, Brescia (by 1935). | Gianni Mattioli, Milan (acquired from the above, 1949), and thence by descent to the previous owner, 1977. | By descent to the present owners, Switzerland, 1987.
oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 36 ¼ in. (59.9 x 92 cm.)
Painted in 1917-1918
Léopold Zborowski, Paris. | Jonas Netter, Paris. | Riccardo and Cesarina Gualino, Turin (acquired in Paris, 2 October 1928). | Società Anonima Finanziaria, Zaccaria Pisa, Milan; collection sale, Galleria Pesaro, Milan, 5-8 February 1934, lot 185. | Pietro Feroldi, Brescia (by 1935). | Gianni Mattioli, Milan (acquired from the above, 1949), and thence by descent to the previous owner, 1977. | By descent to the present owners, Switzerland, 1987.
A top price for Amedeo Modigliani
In November 2015 Christies in New York held the auction The Artist's Muse: A Curated Evening Sale, which included the work Nu Couché by Amedeo Modigliani. Here, the upper estimate of USD 150,000,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for USD 170,405,000.00 (€ 161,337,814.81). With this result, Nu Couché is even the most expensive work of art by Amedeo Modigliani that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Amedeo Modigliani
Im November 2015 führte Christies in New York die Auktion The Artist's Muse: A Curated Evening Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Nu Couché von Amedeo Modigliani zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von USD 150.000.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für USD 170.405.000,00 (€ 161.337.814,81) einen neuen Besitzer. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Nu Couché sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Amedeo Modigliani, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Amedeo Modigliani - Auction history
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