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Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (US: / ˌ m oʊ d iː l ˈ j ɑː n i /; Italian: [ameˈdɛːo modiʎˈʎaːni]; 12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor of the École de Paris who worked mainly in France.
Reclining Nude (On the Left Side) (French: Nu couché (sur le côté gauche)) is a 1917 painting by Amedeo Modigliani. [2] The painting was included in a 2017/2018 Tate Modern exhibition of Modigliani's works. [3] The painting was sold by auction by Sotheby's in April 2018. [2]
Reclining Nude is a painting by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. Done in oil on canvas in 1917, the painting was one of Modigliani's celebrated series of nudes. The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. [1]
The painting realized $170,405,000 at a Christie's New York sale on 9 November 2015, a record for a Modigliani painting and placing it high among the most expensive paintings ever sold. [4] [8] The purchaser was the Chinese businessman Liu Yiqian. [9] Liu is believed to have paid for the painting using his American Express card. [10]
The most famous paintings, especially old master works created before 1803, are generally owned or held by museums for viewing by patrons. Since museums rarely sell them, they are considered priceless. Guinness World Records lists Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa as having the highest insurance value for a painting.
Seated Nude is a 1916 oil on canvas painting by Amedeo Modigliani, now in the Courtauld Gallery. [1] The painting is one of a famous series of nudes that Modigliani painted between 1916 and 1918, which include many of his most famous works.
Curators at an Israeli museum have discovered three previously unknown sketches by celebrated 20th century artist Amedeo Modigliani hiding beneath the surface of one of his paintings.
Nude Sitting on a Divan (The Beautiful Roman Woman) is an oil on canvas painting by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani depicting a partially draped woman seated with crossed legs against a warm red background. The work was one of a series of nudes painted by Modigliani in 1917 that created a sensation when exhibited in Paris that year.
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