New York: After a night in which Christie's sold a painting of a sexy nude by Amedeo Modigliani for $170.4 million — just a few million short of the auction record for a work of art— the auction house returns on Tuesday with iconic works by Andy Warhol, Louise Bourgeois and Lucian Freud.
Modigliani's "Reclining Nude" joined the ranks of nine other works that have reached price tags exceeding $100 million at auction and became the second-most expensive artwork sold at auction. Christie's said the buyer was the Long Museum in China.
Pablo Picasso's "Women of Algiers (Version O)" sold at Christie's in May for $179.4 million, and it remains the highest sum ever paid for an artwork at auction.
"Nurse," a painting by Roy Lichtenstein not seen on the market for 20 years, sold for $95.3 million Monday night, almost doubling the previous auction record for the pop artist of $56 million.
