Amedeo Modigliani - Nu Couché. Red Nude. Reclining Nude 1917-1918
Nu Couché. Red Nude. Reclining Nude 1917-1918
60x92cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 170.4 million
Auction house: Christie's, New York
Sale date: November 9, 2015
Seller: Laura Mattioli Rossi
Buyer: Liu Yiqian
The painting is one of a series of great female nudes made for Léopold Zborowski that famously caused a scandal nearly a century ago when they were exhibited at Modigliani’s first and only one-man show at the Galerie Berthe Weill in Paris. Outraged by the content of this show — which caused a crowd to form outside the gallery window where one of Modigliani’s nudes was openly on display — the police demanded the immediate closure of the exhibition.