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Christie's Chases Another Record Season With Modigliani Nude

  • `Reclining Nude' painting may fetch more than $100 million.
  • Christie's sold $1.7 billion of art in a single week in May.
"Nu Couché" by Amedeo Modigliani. Source: Christie's

"Nu Couché" by Amedeo Modigliani. Source: Christie's

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Christie’s is betting that a painting of a sultry nude brunette by Amedeo Modigliani will lead to another blockbuster auction season.

Estimated at more than $100 million, Modigliani’s 1917 “Nu Couche (Reclining Nude)” will anchor Christie’s second special sale of 20th-century art on Nov. 9 in New York. Titled “The Artist’s Muse,” it will include about 30 paintings and sculptures.