Modigliani's portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne was valued at £8.5m
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A portrait by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani of his lover Jeanne Hebuterne has sold for £16.3m.
The oil painting, Jeanne Hebuterne (au chapeau), dates from 1919 - a year before Modigliani died of tuberculosis.
Ms Hebuterne, who was eight months pregnant, committed suicide a day after the artist's death.
The painting was part of a sale of modern and impressionist art, which raised almost £89m at London auction house Sotheby's on Monday.
An 1895 pastel of a woman bathing by French artist Edgar Degas sold for £6.7m in the same auction.
The high prices come during a week of high-profile art sales in London at rival auction houses Sotheby's and Christie's.
More than a dozen Picassos are on offer this week, as well as works by Monet, Renoir and Cezanne.
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