Catalogue No. 1402 · Sotheby's · Paris

Raymond

Amedeo Modigliani, 1915

Sold for

$12.4million

Sotheby's, Paris · 24 October 2025 · 147th of 392 in the Record Book

About $12.9 million in today’s money: 150 years of the typical US household’s income. Source

Artist: Amedeo Modigliani (Italian, 1884-1920)
Title: Raymond
Date: 1915
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 36.7 x 28.7 cm (14 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.)

Amedeo Modigliani painted Raymond in 1915. It is a small oil on canvas, 36.7 by 28.7 centimetres (14 1/2 by 11 1/4 inches), showing a young man with an intense gaze. Sotheby's and Artnet say the sitter is believed to be the writer Raymond Radiguet, who was about twelve at the time.

The recorded history begins with the dealer Paul Guillaume in Paris, who acquired the portrait directly from the artist. It then passed by descent in a private collection in France, was in a private collection in Europe by 1958, and descended again to the owner who consigned it. Sotheby's lists it in the catalogues raisonnés of Ceroni (1958), Lanthemann (1970), Parisot (1991) and Patani (1991).

Sotheby's offered the portrait in Paris on 24 October 2025, in its Modernités sale, as lot 107. The estimate was €5.5 million to €7.5 million. Sotheby's lot page lists the auction as closed on that date. Artnet News reports that it sold for €10.6 million, or $12.4 million.

The sale

Auction house: Sotheby's, Paris
Date: 24 October 2025
Lot: 107
Estimate: €5,500,000-€7,500,000
Sold for: $12.4 million (including buyer’s premium) · €10.6 million

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Provenance

undated
Paul Guillaume, Paris (acquired directly from the artist).
undated
Private collection, France (by descent from the above).
by 1958
Private collection, Europe (by 1958).
to 2025
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Sources

Prices include the buyer’s premium, in US dollars at the time of sale, unless marked as a hammer price.

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