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Nude portrait by Italian painter auctioned for ₹1,000 crore
short by Ankush Verma / on Tuesday, 15 May, 2018
A nude portrait by Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani has fetched $157.2 million (over ₹1,000 crore), the fourth highest price for any work of art at an auction. The 1917 oil painting carried a pre-sale estimate of about $150 million, making it the highest-estimated work of art in auction history. The artwork's owner bought it for over ₹182 crore in 2003.
read more at Reuters