Nude Woman Lying on Her Left Side 

Title: "Nude Woman Lying on Her Left Side"

Medium: Oil on canvas

Original Dimensions: 90.5x146.4 cm

Location: Held in a private collection in Paris

Description: "Nude Woman Lying on Her Left Side" garnered an auction estimate surpassing that of Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi," making it the highest estimated single artwork in history. Ultimately, this piece was sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York in 2018 for nearly 1.2 billion RMB, making it the highest-priced item ever sold at Sotheby's. Not only is "Nude Woman Lying on Her Left Side" a quintessential work in Modigliani's nude portrait series, but it is also the largest oil painting created by Modigliani during his career, and the only horizontal nude work that fully presents the complete human body. The painting is captivating and alluring, with the gaze of the figure meeting the viewer's directly, evoking a sense of enchantment and longing.