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Art auction could raise £100m

A sale of paintings by some of the masters of 20th century art is expected to raise around £100 million.

Work by Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani and Henri Matisse will all go on sale at Christie's auction house in London on February 6.

The highlight of the impressionist and modern art sale is Modigliani's Jeanne Hebuterne (au chapeau) – a 1919 portrait of his lover that is estimated to sell for between £16m and £22m.

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