Freud painting of Kate Moss sells for €5.7 million

A LUCIAN FREUD portrait of a pregnant and naked Kate Moss last night sold for almost £4 million (€6m) at auction.

The near life size, full length image of the supermodel reclining on a bed, was sold for £3,928,000, (€5.7m) to an anonymous phone bidder after a furious battle between buyers in Christie's London sale room.

However, it was overshadowed by another work by the artist, A Red-Haired Man on a Chair, which fetched £4,152,000 (€6m) the highest price yet paid for work by Freud.