Shanghai - A taxi driver turned financier, Chinese tycoon Liu Yiqian has stunned the art world with his record-setting purchases, the latest a famed Modigliani nude costing more than $170 million.
"Nu Couche", or "Reclining Nude", painted by the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani in 1917-18, sold to Liu after a frantic nine-minute bidding war at a Christie's auction in New York on Tuesday.
A spokeswoman for Liu told AFP on Wednesday that the Modigliani would be displayed at his Long Museum Pudong in 2017 to mark its fifth anniversary.
