 In November 2010, a painting of a nude by Amedeo Modigliani, part of a series of nudes he created around 1917, sold for more than $68.9m (£42.7m) at an auction in New York—a record for the artist's work.Bidding for "La Belle Romaine" pushed its price well past its $40m (£24.8m) estimate.Modigliani's previous auction record was 43.2m euros (£35.8m), set earlier in 2010 in Paris.