A Modigliani nude once considered obscene has sold for more than $157 million (\u00a3116 million) at an auction in New York.<\/p>\n
Nu Couche (Sur Le Cote Gauche) was said by Sotheby’s to be the greatest painting from the Italian-born artist’s series of 22 nudes.<\/p>\n
Completed in 1917, it was also the largest painting of his career.<\/p>\n
Modigliani shocked Europe at the turn of the 19th century with his series of nudes, and his exhibition at a Paris gallery was closed by police on its opening day.<\/p>\n
Ahead of Monday night’s auction, the painting was given a $150 million price tag – the highest estimate ever placed on a work of art at auction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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