max jacob by amedeo modigliani
Image Courtesy of Cincinnati Art Museum
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 79 Nº 192 Nº 105 YES 4/1916 Nº 109 YES YES
Date 1916 ? (The museum say 1916-1917 - Dated by Klein in 2005 exhib. c. 1920?)
Title Max Jacob
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 92.7 x 60.3 cm (1955 exhib., Parisot / Klein: 93 x 60 - 1963 exhibit 93 x 60)
Signature: Unsigned (in bottom left remains from the signature of Max Jacob can be observed)
Actual Location Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA ( Inv. Nº 1959.43)
Provenance -?-

Pierre Roché, Paris (1917- again in 1955 and until 1958 -?)
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Hannover Gallery, 1958
Theodore Schempp, New York (1958-1959)
Mary E. Johnston Collection, Cincinnati

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA ( Inv. Nº 1959.43)
Gift of Mary E. Johnston to Cincinnati Art Museum (donated in 1959)

in process


Bibliography -?-

Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 12
Apra, Tormento di Modigliani, Bietti, Milano 1945, p. 65
San Lazzaro, Modigliani peintures, Les Éditions du Chêne, Paris, 1947, p. 5
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 79
Courthion, Montmartre, Skira, Genêve, 1956, p. 95
Modigliani J. , Modigliani: Man and Myth, Orion Press, New York, 1958, pl. 35
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958, nº 64
Russoli, Amedeo Modigliani, Exhib. catalogue Palazzo Reale, Edizioni dell'ente manifestazioni Milanesi, Milano, 1958, pl. 14
Modigliani J. , Modigliani sans légende, Gruend, Paris, 1961 - , nº 35
Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, Garzanti, Milano 1967, p. 96
Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, Cercle d'art, Paris,1968, p. 104
Ponente, Modigliani, Ed. Toray, Barcelona, 1969 - nº 25
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 192
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 195
Warnod, La ruche et Montparnasse, 1978, p. 76
Roy, Modigliani, Nathan, Paris, 1985, p. 90
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 1/1909
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 109
Parisot, Modigliani, Pierre Terrail, Paris, 1992, p. 82
Wayne, Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse, Abrams-Albright-knox gallery, New York, 2002, p. 87 - nº 10
Fraquelli, Modigliani, Fort Worth and Paris, in Burlington Magazine, 145, 2003, pp. 254-255.
Decrooq-Restellini, L'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2002, p. 34
Klein, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004-2005, p. 16 - fig. 15 - Dated c. 1920
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007
Ireson, Fraquelli, Modigliani, London, Tate Modern, Skira Rizzoli, London, 2017, p. 112

In process

Exhibitions -?-

Bern, Modigliani Campigli Sironi, Kunsthalle Bern, 1955 - nº 10 (Roché Coll)
Paris, Cent Tableaux de Modigliani, Galerie Charpentier, 1958, nº 39 (dated 1916-1917 and size 93 x 60)
Cincinnati, Amedeo Modigliani: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings, The Contemporary Arts Center, 1959 - nº 11
Milano, 20th century Italian Art from American Collections, Palazzo Reale, 1960 - nº 137
Roma, 20th century Italian Art from American Collections, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, 1960 - nº 137
Edinburgh, Modigliani, Royal Scottish Academy, 1963 - nº 23
London, Modigliani, Tate Gallery, 1963 - nº 23
Berlin, The Age of Modernish – Art in the Twentieth Century,” Martin-Gropius-Bau, 1997
Buffalo NY, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Albright-Knox Gallery, 2002-2003 - nº 10
Fort Worth, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Kimbell art Museum, 2003 - nº 10
Los Angeles, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2003 - nº 10
New York, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004-2005
Madrid, Modigliani y su tiempo, Museo Nacional Thyssen Bornemisza, 2008
London, Modigliani, Tate Modern, 2017-2018

In process

Other
Nº 285 in D'Atri files as Poete Max Jacob - 92 x 60 - unsigned - dated 1916-17 - No provenance

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

ears

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Photo of Max Jacob:
Max Jacob photo

Biography of the portrayed

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