This is a new record for the artist and the second highest auction result in the world (after the "Algerian women" by Picasso)

At the auction Christie's "the artist's Muse", which took place on November 9th in new-Йорке, painting Amedeo Modigliani "Reclining Nude" was sold for a record for this author $170,4 million (£113 million / €157,86 million). Prior to this, the most expensive work of Modigliani was the sculpture "Head", sold for $70.7 million at Sotheby's auction in November 2014-го.

Painting "Reclining Nude" was the second in the list of most expensive works of art sold at public auction (i.e. excluding private transactions). More expensive picture "Algerian women" (version "O") Pablo Picasso sold may 11, 2015 for $179,4 million the New owner of "Reclining Nude" has become the Chinese Museum of long (Long Museum)

All trades "Muse of the artist" auction house brought more than $419 million In the auction, in total, was attended by collectors from 35 countries. Put up for sale the works were sold out at 71 % (87 % in monetary terms). During the auction price records were set for works by five artists (Gustave Courbet, Balthus., Roy Lichtenstein, Amedeo Modigliani and Ishimoto Nara). And updated records on the sculptural work of Gauguin and Kirchner.

in Addition to the masterpiece by Modigliani, the five most expensive lots of the auction were: a painting by Roy Lichtenstein "Nurse" ($95 365 000 / £63 239 390 / €88 345 428), carved wooden sculpture by Paul Gauguin, "Teresa" $30,965,000, Pablo Picasso "Man with sword" ($22 565 000 / £14 963 528 / €20 904 048) and watercolours by Paul Cezanne "Man with a pipe" ($20 885 000 / £13 849 469 / €19 347 709).

Source: press-релиз Christie's