Sentences with phrase «magnificent nude portrait»

Amedeo Modigliani's Nu Couché (1917 — 18) soared past its already astronomical $ 100 million on - request estimate en route to a record - smashing price of $ 170.4 million at Christie's Monday night, making the magnificent nude portrait the second - most - expensive painting ever sold at auction — and, in a twist, a high point in an otherwise surprisingly tepid evening.

Amedeo Modigliani's Nu Couché (1917 — 18) soared past its already astronomical $ 100 million on - request estimate en route to a record - smashing price of $ 170.4 million at Christie's Monday night, making the magnificent nude portrait the second - most - expensive painting ever sold at auction — and, in a twist,... Read More