Lifestyle | painting Nude Painting Fetches Record Sum in Auction Modigliani's 'Reclining Nude' goes for $170M By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Nov 9, 2015 7:00 PM CST Copied This undated image provided by Christie's shows the painting "Reclining Nude," created in 1917 to 1918 by Amedeo Modigliani, that caused a scandal nearly a century ago. (Courtesy of Christie's Images via AP, File) A painting by Amedeo Modigliani has fetched $170.4 million at an auction in New York, setting a world record for the artist. "Reclining Nude" was sold at Christie's on Monday after a protracted bidding battle. It was the second highest price ever achieved at auction for a work of art. Considered one of his best known works, the 1917-1918 painting nearly created a scandal when it was first exhibited in Paris. The previous auction record for a Modigliani was $71 million. Pablo Picasso's painting "Women of Algiers (Version O)" set the record for the highest sum ever paid for an artwork at auction. It sold for $179.4 million at Christie's in May. Christie's expects to sell at least $1 billion of art over a series of sales this week. Read These Next Actor Michael Madsen is dead at 67. Who added bill's proposed tax on clean energy? No one knows. Soccer star Diogo Jota is killed in a car crash. Pardoned Capitol rioter receives life sentence. Report an error