the cello player or the cellist-amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 15 Nº 36 Nº 23 YES 9 /1909 Nº 32 YES YES
Date 1909
Title The Cello Player - The Cellist - Le Violonchelo - Le Violoncelliste
Materials Oil on Canvas
Size 131 x 81 cm (Ceroni, Parisot, Patani, Restellini: 130 x 81 cm)
Signature: Signed "modigliani" bottom right
Actual Location Private Collection ?
Provenance
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    Paul Alexandre Collection, Paris
    Galerie Jan Krugier, Genéva
    Private collection ?

Bibliography
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    Waldemar, "trente ans d'art independant", l' amour de l'art, 1926 p. 91.
    Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 3 nº 6
    Jeanne Modigliani, Modigliani: Man and Myth, Orion Press, New York, 1958, pl. 23 (dated 1909 and located at the Paul Alexandre Coll. Paris in 1958)
    Scheiwiller-Arche, 1958, p. 24
    Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 15
    Roy , Modigliani, Skira, Lausanne, 1958, p. 28
    Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 - n° 19
    Jeanne Modigliani, Modigliani sans légende 1961- nº 23
    Csorba Geza, Small book of art series, Czechoslovakia, 1969, n° 8
    Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 36
    Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 23
    Jeanne Modigliani, Racconta Modigliani, E. G. Arte, 1984, p. 70
    Cat. national museum of art, Tokyo, 1985, nº 10
  • C. Roy Modigliani, Paris, 1985, p. 24
    Castieau-Barrielle, Modigliani, ACR, 1987, p. 49
    Royal Academy of Arts, Italian Art in the 20th Century: painting and Sculpture, 1900-1988, Prestel, London, 1989, p. 136
    Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 9/1909
    Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 32
    Schmalenbach, Amedeo Modigliani, Prestel Verlag, 1990-91 p.62 - nº 14
    Zürich, Kunstshaus, Amedeo Modigliani. Malerei, Skulpturen, 1991, n° 6
    Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo ed. Milano 1991-94
    Alexandre, The Unknown Modigliani: Drawings from the Collection of Paul Alexandre, 1993, p. 64
    Decrooq-Restellini, L'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2002, p.124-125, nº 10
  • Soto Caba, Modigliani, the timeless face, Libsa, 2007

    In Process

Exhibitions -?-

Paris, 26e Exposition, Société des Artistes Indépendants, Cours-la-Reine, 1910 - nº 3686
Paris, Trente ans d'Art Indépendant, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, 1884-1914, 1926 - n° 3098
Czechoslovakia, Modigliani, 1969
Liege, Modigliani exhibition. Musée Saint Georges, 1980
Tokyo, Modigliani exhibition, National Museum, 1985 - nº 10
Nagoya, Modigliani exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, 1985
London, Italian Art in the 20th Century: painting and Sculpture, 1900-1988, Royal Academy of Arts, 1989 - nº 60
Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrheim-Westfalen, Amedeo Modigliani, 1991 - nº 6
Zürich, Kunsthaus, Amedeo Modigliani, 1991 - nº 6
Paris, Modigliani: l'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, 2002 - nº 10
Milano, Modigliani: l'ange au visage grave, Palazzo Reale, 2003 - nº 9

In process

Other


Nº 261 in D'Atri papers as The Cello player - 130 x 80 - dated 1909 - Alexandre Coll.
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Signature of the painting:

signature


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Detail of the ear where the drawing is clearly visible and is painted over the color (on top of the color)

ears


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There are 2 versions and multiple drawings:

Cello player studio amedeo modigliani-Cello player amedeo modigliani

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