Sotheby's puts up for sale "Reclining Nude" by Modigliani for $150 million
ARTinvestment.RU   25 апреля 2018

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This "Reclining Nude" is included in the famous series 22 lying and sitting naked 13 written by Modigliani in the period from 1916 to 1919 (most — in 1917). The artist painted Nudes before (since 1908) but it is a series of 1916-1919 considered the pinnacle of his creativity. In these works, a harmonious combination of painting techniques of the eras of the Renaissance and mannerism, the simple lines of African art, the palette and the geometric forms of cubism.

These Nude hardly would have seen the light, if not a patron of the artist Leopold Zborowski, who became Modigliani provided the shelter (rented him an apartment directly above her) and a piece of bread (paid to the artist daily stipend of 15 francs). Paid Zborowski and models (at that time it was difficult to find people willing to pose for free), and went to work. In 1917 in a Paris gallery Bertha Weil part of the work decided to show the public. It was the first exhibition of Modigliani, which, however, ended on the same day. Servants of the order of being adjacent to the gallery precinct was troubled by the excessive gathering of the public at the window with the "Nude" of Modigliani and demanded Bertha Weil "immediately remove all this stuff". That had to perform. Came to the Vernissage guests helped to remove paintings from the walls, and Zborowski since managed to sell only two works for 30 francs.

one Hundred years later, most of these Nudes Modigliani is included in the collections of prestigious museums, in private hands, not so many works presented at auction "Reclining Nude" — is one of them. Owner purchased it at auction in 2003 for $26.9 million, by the Way, this is the biggest of these "Naked" with the width of the canvas, almost 1.5 metres and only where the model would fit within the canvas.

Another "Reclining Nude" from the same series (smaller size) in 2015, set a record at auction Christie's, reaching with a fee of $170,4 million Is a record for works by Modigliani, and currently — the third value of a work of art sold at public auction.

by the Way, I bought the "Naked" Chinese billionaire Liu Izani (Liu Yiqian). Maybe that's counting on him and other Chinese billionaires first pre-show current "Reclining Nude" Sotheby's decided to make a new-Йорке or London, and Hong Kong.

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchina, AI

Sources: artdaily.com, artinvestment.ru