ACCORDING to the Bloomberg news agency, John Magnier will shortly be selling one of the finest paintings in private hands, an Amedeo Modigliani nude estimated at $150 million. Coolmore’s Magnier reportedly bought it for $26.9 million in 2003, sold by casino mogul Steve Wynn.

The 1917 “Nu couche (sur le cote gauche)” depicts a female nude from behind, looking over her shoulder at the viewer and will headline Sotheby’s Impressionist and modern art sale on May 14th in New York.