June 23, 2005

Tragic Modigliani portrait sells

A rarely-seen portrait by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani of his lover Jeanne Hebuterne has been sold for £3.25m in London. . .

Modigliani painted it shortly before he died of tuberculosis in 1920, after which the pregnant Hebuterne threw herself from a window and died.

From the BBC.

Posted by David on June 23, 2005 8:41 AM

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