In the reports on Bloomberg and CNBC a picture of Modigliani's "Reclining Nude" was suddenly censored, covering the nakedness of the model blur or black bars

Painting Amedeo Modigliani "Reclining Nude" sold at auction Christie's for $170,4 million, were unexpected censored on some American TV channels, including Bloomberg and CNBC. Naked models covered with blur or black bars. In addition, in the paper edition of the newspaper The Financial Times picture picture has also been censored with the help of black rectangles. Footage censored instantly spread through social networks. And although in other reports CNBC picture in the normal way, the news about the excessive chastity of American journalists, however, continues rasprostranyatsya@

it Seems that almost a hundred years later "Nude" of Modigliani continue to trouble the minds of pious citizens. Recall that due to "Lying naked" and several other Nude was closed first and the only exhibition of Modigliani in 1917. The exhibition, organized by a friend of the painter Marchand Leopold Zborowski at the gallery of Berthe Weill, the first day was closed by the police, whose office, unfortunately, he was just in the building opposite. Zborowski, wanting to attract the audience, put a couple of Nudes (according to some sources, and "Reclining Nude" too) in the window. Immediately a crowd gathered, and police thought it was suspicious. The owner of the gallery called the police. Here's how she described her visit: "I move outside under the shouts and jokes of the crowd and up the stairs to the police station, Commissioner's office full of "clients" <...>. I ask, “You called for me? ” — “Yes! And I order You immediately remove all that crap!” I dare to remark: “But there are experts who don't share Your opinion. <...> What is so bad in these naked? ” — “These naked! <...> they Have nasty hair!” And he potushitsya, driven by an approving laughter of the poor devils, of which there are a dime a dozen, and continues: “If you don't immediately follow my orders, I will order my police to confiscate all!” “What idyll <...>: each police officer with a lovely Nude work of Modigliani in the hands of <...>! I immediately closed the gallery, and inside invited guests to help take pictures".

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Sources: mashable.com, cbc.ca, maxim.com, modigliani.ru, artinvestment.ru