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Nude Sitting on a Divan
Nude Sitting on a Divan (The Beautiful Roman Woman) is an oil on canvas painting by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani depicting a partially draped woman seated with crossed legs against a warm red background. The work was one of a series of nudes painted by Modigliani in 1917 that created a sensation when exhibited in Paris that year. On November 2, 2010, the painting sold at a New York auction for $68.9 million, a record price for an artwork by Modigliani.
The several dozen
the Artist" (1883, pastel); "The Grandmother" (1883, red chalk); "Maurice Utrillo as a Child" (1896, red chalk); "Young Girl Crocheting" (c. 1892); "Maurice Utrillo Naked, Sitting on a Divan" (1895, pencil); "Two Nudes: Woman Sitting, Woman Lying down" (1897, charcoal); "Portrait of the Artist" (1903, red chalk); "Nude Girl Sitting on the Ground, her Legs