max jacob by amedeo modigliani
Image Courtesy of Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 80 Nº 67 Nº 104 YES 5/1916 Nº 108 YES YES
Date 1916
Title Max Jacob - Max Jacob with high hat - Max Jacob en haut de forme
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 76.7 x 63.8 cm (1955 exhib, Klein, Patani, Parisot, Restellini 73 x 60)
Signature: Signed in bottom left "modigliani / 1916 - "max"? - text in top left "MAX" in top right "MAX / JACOB"
Actual Location Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany ( Inv. Nº 1036)
Provenance -?-

Paul Poiret Collection, Paris
Sold Drouot Paris - Coll. Poiret - 18 / 11 / 1925
André Lefévre, Paris
Sold Palais Galliera, Paris - Lefévre - 25 / 11/ 1965 - nº 70
Acquired by Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany on the above sale with a donation from the Westdeutscher Rundfunk

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany ( Inv. Nº 1036)
in process


Bibliography -?-

Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 12 , nº 11
Reynal, Histoire de la Peinture Moderne de Picasso au Surrealisme, Skira, Geneva, 1950, p. 32
T. Soby, Modigliani, Museum of Modern art, New York, catalogue exp. 1954, p. 31
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956, nº 80
Roy , Modigliani, Skira, Lausanne, 1958, p. 41
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958, nº 63
Scheiwiller, Arte Moderna Italiana nº 8 Amedeo Modigliani, U. Hoepli Ed. Zurich, 1958 pl. 29
Roy , Modigliani, Skira, Lausanne, 1958, p. 41
Pavolini, Modigliani, Union Générale d'Éditions en accord avec l'Unesco, Milano 1966, pl. 5
Diehl, Modigliani, Ed. Flamarion, Paris, 1969, p. 41
Geza, Modigliani, Tchekoslovakia, 1969, nº 20
Crespelle. Modigliani, les femmes, les amis, l’oeuvre, Presses de la Cité, Paris, 1969
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970, nº 67
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970, nº 104
Schmalenbach, Picasso to Lichtenstein : masterpieces of twentieth-century art from this Nordrhein-Westfalen collection in Düsseldorf, Tate Gallery Publications, 1974 -nº 90, pp. 202-203
Mann, Modigliani, Thames and Hudson, London, 1980, p. 127
Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Modigliani exib. cat., 1981, p. 118
Modigliani J. Racconta Modigliani, Ed. Graphis. 1984, p. 104
Roy, Modigliani, Nathan, Paris, 1985, p. 45
Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Editions ACR, Paris, 1987, p. 117
Buisson, La scuola di Parigi e Modigliani, Graphis Arte , 1989, p. 116
Schmalenbach, Amedeo Modigliani, Prestel, Munich, 1990, p. 24 - nº 4
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 nº 5/1916
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 108
Parisot, Modigliani, Pierre Terrail, Paris, 1992, p. 75
Krystof, Amedeo Modigliani: The Poetry of Seeing, Taschen, Cologne, 2000, p. 42
Wayne, Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse, Abrams-Albright-knox gallery, New York, 2002, p. 88 - nº 11
Decrooq-Restellini, L'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2002, p. 38
Fraquelli, Modigliani, Fort Worth and Paris, in Burlington Magazine, 145, 2003 pp. 254-255
Icons of art : the 20th century, Prestel, Munich/New York, 2003, p. 56
Klein, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004-2005, p. 126, pl. 41- dated 1916
Alarcó, The mirror & the mask: portraiture in the age of Picasso, Kimbell Art Museum/Thyssen art museum, 2007 - nº 53, p. 138
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007
Ireson, Fraquelli, Modigliani, London, Tate Modern, Skira Rizzoli, London, 2017, p. 111


In process

Exhibitions -?-

Zurich, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthaus Zurich, 1930 - nº 135
Bruxelles, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition. Palais des beaux-arts, 1933 - nº 19
Paris, Modigliani Peintures, Galerie de France, 1945-46 - nº 4
London, Tate Gallery 1950 - nº 95
Bern, Modigliani Campigli Sironi, Kunsthalle Bern, 1955 - nº 9
Paris, Collection André Lefèvre, Musée National d'Art Moderne, 1964 - nº 208
Czechoslovakia, Modigliani,1969, nº 20
London, Picasso to Lichtenstein : masterpieces of twentieth-century art from this Nordrhein-Westfalen collection in Düsseldorf, Tate Gallery, 1974 - nº 90
Tokyo ,Love and Nostalgia for Montparnasse, Daimaru, 1979 - nº 39
Osaka,Love and Nostalgia for Montparnasse , Daimaru, 1979
Liege, Modigliani exhibition. Musée Saint Georges, 1980 - nº 54
Paris, Modigliani, Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981, nº 30
Barcelona, Modigliani, Centro Cultural de la Caixa de pensiones,Curated by Christian Parisot, 1983 - nº 21
Madrid, Modigliani, Sala de exposiciones la caja de pensiones, Curated by Christian Parisot, 1983
Düsseldorf , Amedeo Modigliani, Art Gallery of Nordrhein-Westfalen 1991 - nº 32
Zurich, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthaus, 1991 - nº 32
Buffalo NY, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Albright-Knox Gallery, 2002-2003 - nº 11
Fort Worth, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Kimbell art Museum, 2003 - nº 11
Los Angeles, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2003 - nº 11
New York, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004
Toronto, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Art Gallery of Ontario, 2004 - 2005
Madrid, The mirror & the mask: portraiture in the age of Picasso, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 2007 - nº 53
Fort Worth, The mirror & the mask: portraiture in the age of Picasso, Kimbell Art Museum, 2007
Bonn, Amedeo Modigliani: Ein Mythos der Moderne, Bundesrepublik, 2009 - nº 71
London, Modigliani, Tate Modern, 2017-2018

In process

Other
Nº 19 in D'Atri papers - dated 1916 - with no provenance

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Detail of the signature area:

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

ear


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