A reclining nude by Amedeo Modigliani is estimated to fetch in the region of $150 million when it hits the block at Sotheby’s this spring. The auction house says it is the highest estimate ever placed ...

A masterpiece that was once censored on the grounds of obscenity has now set a new auction record. Sotheby’s has announced that “Nu couché (sur le côté gauche)” (1917) by the Italian artist Amedeo ...

A masterpiece that was once censored on the grounds of obscenity has now set a new auction record. Sotheby's has announced that "Nu couché (sur le côté gauche)" (1917) by the Italian artist Amedeo ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A 1917 painting by Amedeo Modigliani of a reclining nude woman that was once considered obscene in Paris sold for over $157 million at an auction in Manhattan on Monday. “Nu couche ...

A painting of a defiantly nude woman that was once censored as obscene in Paris has sold for more than $157 million at an auction in New York City. The 1917 painting by Amedeo Modigliani ...

(CNN) — A masterpiece that was once censored on the grounds of obscenity has now set a new auction record. Sotheby's has announced that "Nu couché (sur le côté gauche)" (1917) by the Italian artist ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A painting of a defiantly nude woman that was once censored as obscene in Paris has sold for more than $157 million at an auction in New York City. The 1917 painting by Amedeo ...

NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) - A nude portrait by Amedeo Modigliani sold for $157.2 million at Sotheby's on Monday, achieving the 4th-highest price for any work of art at auction but failing to set a ...