At yesterday's auction Christie's in Paris sculpture Amedeo Modigliani went under the hammer for 43.18 million euros, exceeding the lower estimeyt more than 10 times

evening of June 14 at auction Christie's «The Art of Impressionism and modernism in Paris was set a price record for a work of Amedeo Modigliani (Amedeo Modigliani). His sculpture of limestone "Head" went under the hammer for 43.18 million euros and has become not only the most expensive work of masters, but also the most expensive work ever sold at auction in France. Organizers hoped to help out for it from 4 to 6 million euros, but in the end "head" has exceeded the lower estimeyt more than 10 times.

This work was created in 1910-1912. In June 1927 it was acquired by French businessman Levi Gaston (Gaston Levy), and since then she has kept in his family's collection of more than 80 years.

sculptures by Modigliani are very rare. In the world today they number only 27. 17 of them are in prestigious museum collections, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art in New York, London's Tate Gallery and the Pompidou Center of Paris. Thus, private collections are only 10 sculptures, one of which was sold yesterday at auction. She went to an anonymous buyer, to bid by telephone.

material prepared Ekaterina Guseva, AI

Source: bloomberg.com , artdaily.com , artinvestment.ru