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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, November 4, 2010

Amedeo Modigliani's Nu assis sur un divan (La Belle Romaine) fetched $68.9 million at Sotheby's in New York Tuesday night, setting a new auction record for the artist.

Modigliani nude nets nearly $70 million
ArtfixDaily Staff - November 4th, 2010 03:58

A compelling nude painted by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) garnered $68.96 million at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art evening sale on Tuesday. This first sale in the series of auctions in New York brought in $227 million, soundly within the $195 million to $266 million pre-sale estimate, largely due to Modigliani. Buyers remain focused on increasingly rare-to-market signature works by big name artists. Fifteen lots, about twenty-five percent of the 61 offerings, ...

Christie's sold the 1913 oil painting Violon et guitare by Juan Gris for $28.6 million against an estimate of $18-$25 million.

Matisse, Gris lead modern masters at Christie's sale

At Christie's on Wed. night, bidders were competitive for top-tier examples by Henri Matisse and Juan Gris while average works by other leading Impressionists and modern masters were left ...

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