With the $170.4 million USD sale of Amedeo Modigliani's Nu Couché last week in the second highest amount ever paid for a painting at auction, its buyer and Chinese billionaire, Liu Yiqian, shot into the Western public consciousness with his grand financial gesture. The New York Times delved into this eccentric businessman and one of China's most notorious art collectors, who made headlines one year ago for spending $36.3 million USD on a Ming dynasty porcelain cup at a Sotheby's auction, and th...
The Story Behind the Taxi Driver-Turned-Billionaire Who Paid $170.4M USD for a Modigliani Painting
Hypebeast - 18 Nov 2015 17:15
With the $170.4 million USD sale of Amedeo Modigliani's Nu Couché last week in the second highest amount ever paid for a painting at auction, its buyer and Chinese billionaire, Liu Yiqian, shot into the Western public consciousness with his grand financial gesture. The New York Times delved into this eccentric businessman and one of China's most notorious art collectors, who made headlines one year ago for spending $36.3 million USD on a Ming dynasty porcelain cup at a Sotheby's auction, and th...
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