A Modigliani nude once considered obscene has sold for more than $157 million (£116 million) at an auction in New York.
Nu Couche (Sur Le Cote Gauche) was said by Sotheby's to be the greatest painting from the Italian-born artist's series of 22 nudes.
Completed in 1917, it was also the largest painting of his career.
Modigliani shocked Europe at the turn of the 19th century with his series of nudes, and his exhibition at a Paris gallery was closed by police on its opening day.
Ahead of Monday night's auction, the painting was given a $150 million price tag, the highest estimate ever placed on a work of art at auction.
It broke the previous $140 million record for an estimate, held by Picasso's Les Femmes d'Alger (Version 'O'), from 2015.
Modigliani follows Leonardo da Vinci and Pablo Picasso as the third highest-selling artist at auction. Monday’s sale failed to eclipse the $170.4 million paid for another Modigliani nude at Christie’s in 2015.
Nearly 58 inches (147 centimeters) wide, the picture was the cover star of a recent retrospective at the Tate Modern gallery in London.
