Jeanne Hébuterne (au foulard), by Amedeo Modigliani (Photo provided to China Daily)
Two separate female portraits of Pablo Picasso and Amedeo Modigliani's lovers accounted for nearly 80 per cent of the turnover at a London auction last week.
Sotheby's money-grossing sale of impressionism and modern art garnered $152 million in sales, on Tuesday night.
Picasso's cubist work, titled Femme Assise (sitting woman), topped the sale by selling for $64 million. It portrays the Spaniard's mistress Fernande Olivier.
Modigliani's painting of his muse Jeanne Hebuterne came in at second place, fetching $57 million.
Femme Assise, by Pablo Picasso (Photo provided to China Daily)