Margherita seated in profile by Amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 156 Nº 158 Nº 130 YES? YES YES YES ?
Date 1916 (Pfannstiel & Restellini dates in 1917)
Title Young woman seated - Margherita seated in profile- Margherita seated
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 73 x 50 cm? (Pfannstiel: 51 x 46 - Werner: 80 x 45 )
Signature: Signed "modigliani" top right
Actual Location Private Collection?
Provenance -?-
Netter Collection, Paris
Zak Galerie, Paris
Bing Gallery; Paris (1929)?
Harry N. Abrams Coll. New York (1953)
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Private Collection?

In process

Bibliography -?-

Basler, Kunst und Kunstler, Print. Bruno Cassirer, Berlin, October 1929, p. 358 (Illustrated)
Lipchitz, Amedeo Modigliani,H.N. Abrams, New York 1952 - 1953 - 1954, pl. 32 ( size 18 x 20" = 45.7 x 50.8 cm, dated in 1917)
Lipchitz, Amedeo Modigliani,Flammarion, Paris1954, pl. 32 ( size 45 x 50 cm, dated in 1917)
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 156
Werner, Amedeo Modigliani , H. Abrams, New York 1966, p. 76 (dated 1917-18 size 31 1/2 x 17 3/4" = 80 x 45 cm)
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 158
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 130 (dated 1916)
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94
Decrooq-Restellini, L'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2002, mention in pp. 246-247
Parisot, Modigliani la vita le opere, Carte Segrete / Musée du Montparnase, 2006, mention in text nº 27
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007

In process
Exhibitions -?-
(Paris, Modigliani , Berthe Weill Gallery, 1917 - in the exhibition, nº 10 was a portrait of Margherita, could be one of the 3 known, but there is no way to say for certain which one)
Brussels, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition. Palais des beaux-arts, 1933 - nº 87 ? (not sure on this number, it does not match with the rest)
Basel, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthalle, 1934 ?
Denver, Exhibition of Masterpieces, Denver Art Museum, 1956
Atlanta, The Art of Amedeo Modigliani,Art Association,  1960
Boston. Modigliani: Paintings and Drawings. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, 1961
Los Angeles. Modigliani: Paintings and Drawings. Exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum, 1961 - nº 14
New York, Amedeo Modigliani; loan exhibition, Acquavella Galleries, Inc. 1971 - nº 14 ( in catalogue the size is 31 1/2 x 17 1/2" and located in the Harry N. Abrams Family collection, NY)


In process
Other D´Atri files as nº 297 dated in 1917, wrong size 73 x 45 (possible origin of the mistake in Pfannstiel duplicating the number (154 - 155) and located in the Bing Gallery coll. in 1929 while the other is at Netter Collection.

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Pre and post cleaning:
pre and post cleaning of margherita
In Various publications the window looks blue, I´m not sure if by the effect of the photography saturation or the painting has oxidated this color:
blue window

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Detail of the hair done with the stick of the brush in sculptural way:

hair detail of margherita



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