Public Domain Image: Nude Sitting on a Divan (The Beautiful Roman Woman) oil on canvas painting (1917) by Amadeo Modigliani (1884-1920), dimensions 100 cm x 60 cm (39.4 in x 25.6in), currently in private collection
‘Nude Sitting On A Divan’ (also known as ‘The Beautiful Roman Woman’, ‘Weiblicher Akt’ and ‘Nu féminin’), an oil on canvas painting by the Italian artist Amadeo Modigliani, was sold at an auction in New York on 2 November 2010 for US$68.9 million, the highest ever price for a Modigliani painting. Previously, this Modigliani painting was sold in 1999 at Sotheby's for $16.7 million, which was the highest price for any of his paintings at that time, and also surpassed the previous record of $52.6 million for a sculpture by Modigliani.
‘Nude Sitting on a Divan’, counted as one among the most expensive paintings sold ever, is believed to be one of a series of nudes created by Modigliani in 1917. These nudes created quite a sensation when they were on exhibition in Paris in 1917, which was Amadeo Modigliani’s only solo exhibition in his lifetime.
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