Quanto costano i quadri di Modigliani?
Quanto costano i quadri di Modigliani?
Uno dei record d'asta raggiunti è il dipinto di Amedeo Modigliani Nu Couche, venduto all'asta per 157,2 milioni di dollari. Ha rappresentato il prezzo più alto nella storia delle vendite di Sotheby's ed era stato acquistato precedentemente alla cifra di 26,9 milioni di dollari.
Quanto costa un quadro di Picasso?
Lunedì 11 maggio il dipinto Donne di Algeri (Versione "O") di Pablo Picasso è stato venduto all'asta per la cifra record di 179, 4 milioni di dollari (circa 160 milioni di euro). Si tratta del prezzo più alto mai raggiunto da un quadro messo in vendita in un'asta.
Who was Amedeo Modigliani?
- Amedeo Modigliani ~ Expressionist painter. Amedeo Clemente Modigliani () was an Italian painter, practicing both painting and sculpture, who pursued his career for the most part in France. Modigliani was born in Livorno, in Northwestern Italy and began his artistic studies in Italy before moving to Paris in 1906.
What is Modigliani's œuvre?
- Modigliani's œuvre includes paintings and drawings. From 19, however, he devoted himself mainly to sculpture. His main subject was portraits and full figures of humans, both in the images and in the sculptures.
What is the origin of the Modigliani family?
- Family legend traced the family lineage to the 17th-century Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza. The family business was a credit agency with branches in Livorno, Marseille, Tunis, and London, though their fortunes ebbed and flowed. Modigliani’s father, Flaminio, was a member of an Italian Jewish family of successful businessmen and entrepreneurs.
Why did Modigliani write to Giuseppe Ghiglia?
- Modigliani wrote to Ghiglia extensively from Capri, where his mother had taken him to assist in his recovery from tuberculosis. These letters are a sounding board for the developing ideas brewing in Modigliani's mind.
