(Drivebycuriosity) - New York`s fall auctions for modern & contemporary art came to an end. A nude by Modigliani reached the highest prices. During the auction "The Artist`s Muse" at Christies`s the Chinese billionaire Liu Yiqian bought Amedeo Modigliani’s “Nu Couche (Reclining Nude)” from 1917 for $174,2 million. This is the second-highest price for an artwork at auction (bloomberg).
It is interesting that the record for a painting at an auction was reached by another sexy painting: Pablo Picasso`s Les Femmes d'Alger (Women of Algiers), which shows a scene in a brothel, for $179.4 million at another Christie`s auction in May.
Sex On Canvas
It seems that many artists and the curators & collectors of their works show a large interest in sex. At least at these year´s auctions at the big auction houses you could see a lot of sex on canvas. Below I show images I collected at this year`s auctions:
At Christie`s May auction for contemporary art appeared:
"Isa" by Richard Phillips, (2006, oil on canvas);
"The Collaborator" by John Currin, (2010, oil on canvas);
Egon Schiele`s, Liegender Akt mit gehobenem Bein (1918, black Conté crayon on paper);
John Kacere`s "Kathy" (1972, oil on canvas) & "Beth ´72" (1972, oil on canvas);
& Elizabeth Peyton`s "Georgia O´Keefe (Nude)" (2006, ink on paper)
Above images from @ Christie`s November contemporary art auction. There you could see Tom Wesselmann`s "Monica Reclining on Blanket and Pillow (Black)" (1986-89, enamel on laser-cut steel)
The smaller competitor Phillips offered @ the May auction for contmporary art Urs Fischer`s "Untiled (Candle) (wax, wick, pigment, bricks)" & "Scout" by Lisa Yuskavage, (2012, oil on linen).
Sotheby`s contemporary art November auction had also some delicacies:
"Val Veeta" by Mel Ramos (1965, oil on canvas);
John Altoon`s "Untitled (F-8A) (1962-63, pastel and ink on illustration board);
Eric Fishl`s "Overnight" (1981, oil on canvas)
& Hayv Kahraman "Persian Couple 2" (2009, oil on linen)
Enjoy!
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