英语新闻听写 名家裸体肖像画卖了1.572亿美元

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A nude¹ portrait by Amedeo Modigliani sold for $157.2 million at Sotheby's on Monday, achieving the 4th-highest price for any work of art at auction² but failing to set a new record for the artist.

周一，一幅由阿美迪欧·莫蒂里安尼画的裸体肖像画在苏富比卖到了1.572亿美元，创造了任何艺术品拍卖第四高的价格，但不是该画家的最高纪录。

Sotheby's had estimated "Nu couche" to sell for in excess of $150 million, which made the 1917 oil painting the highest-estimated work of art in their auction history.

苏富比估计《向左侧卧的裸女》将卖到1.5亿多美元，使得这幅1917年作的油画成为他们拍卖史上估价最高的作品。

That work carried a pre-sale estimate of about $100 million.

该作品的预售估价约为1亿美元。

Sotheby's was quick to note, while the auction was still live, that "Nu couche" had achieved the highest price of any work in their 274-year-old auction house's history.

苏富比很快就指出，在此次拍卖还在进行的时候，这幅《向左侧卧的裸女》就已经创造了他们274年拍卖史上的最高价格。