A painting by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani sold for $170,405,000 at a Christie’s auction Monday night.
The painting, entitled "Nu Couché," depicts a naked women reclining.
The only painting to sell for more at auction than “Nu Couché” is Picasso’s “Les femmes d’Alger (Version ‘O’),” which took the record in May when it sold for $179.4 million, also at Christie’s.
The painting’s sale took nine minutes and the winning bid came via telephone, well over the guaranteed price of $100 million, according to The New York Times.
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