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Amedeo Modigliani
1884-1920 · School of Paris, Modernism
The club deal
- Status
- Fundraising open
- Minimum per member
- USD 100,000 (US residents: USD 200,000 individuals, USD 1,000,000 entities)
- Fundraising target
- 15,000,000 USD
- Selection window
- 12 months, with return of the capital if no suitable work is found
- Vehicle
- a dedicated SPV for this artist
- Expected exit
- between 3 and 7 years, through auction or private sale
How the club deal for each artist works · Costs
If no suitable work is found within 12 months, the capital paid in is returned.
Price range of the works the club looks for
from 10,000,000 to 70,000,000 USD (10-70 million for major paintings, over 100 million for the large reclining nudes)
Market liquidity: medium
Biography
Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), born in Livorno, moved to Paris in 1906 and became a central figure of the School of Paris. Influenced by Brancusi, African sculpture and the Italian Renaissance, he developed an instantly recognizable style of elongated faces, almond eyes and simplified volumes in his portraits and in the nudes shown at his scandalous 1917 exhibition. He died at 35, leaving a limited body of work. The reclining nudes are among the most expensive paintings ever sold, led by the $170.4 million record of 2015, while authenticity questions weigh on the rest of the market; Marc Restellini's catalogue raisonné, published in April 2026, is expected to bring more clarity.
Auction record
170,405,000 USD: Nu couché, 1917, Christie's, New York, 2015-11-09 (source)
Recent auction results
- 63,910,000 USD: Nu assis au collier (1917), Sotheby's, London, 2026-06-24 (source)
- 31,310,000 USD: Elvire en buste (1918), Sotheby's, Paris, 2025-10-24 (source)
- 12,360,000 USD: Raymond (1915), Sotheby's, Paris, 2025-10-24 (source)
Market data: public auction results with date, auction house and source, the same data as Unicorn Art Watch.
Museums
- Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
- Centre Pompidou, Parigi
- Tate Modern, Londra
- Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
Sources
- The New York Times, 9 novembre 2015
- Wikipedia, Nu couché
- HENI News, Nu assis au collier
- Art Dependence, record europeo per Modigliani da Sotheby's
- HENI News, profilo Amedeo Modigliani
- Finestre sull'Arte, Sotheby's Paris ottobre 2025
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