madame dorival with hat by amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
NO Nº130 Nº121 YES YES? Nº 124 YES ?
Date 1916 ?
Title Madame Dorival with hat - Mme. Dorival - woman with hat - bust with hat
Materials Oil on canvas?
Size 61 x 46 cm ?
Signature: Signed " modigliani" upper right? (Ceroni say the signature is bottom right)
Actual Location Private Collection, USA?
Provenance -?-
Mme. Dorival, Paris
Zamaron, Paris
Paul Guillaume, Paris ?
?
Helena Rubinstein Collection, NY, USA (previous to 1950 up to 1966)
Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 27April 1966, lot ?
?
Knafou (or Knajou) collection, NY in the 70's?

In process

Bibliography -?-

Parke-Bernet Galleries, The Helena Rubinstein Collection. Modern Paintings and Sculptures Volume One, New York, 1966.
Ponente, Modigliani, Ed. Toray, Barcelona, 1969 - nº 26
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970, nº 130
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 121
Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Editions ACR, Paris, 1987, p. 170
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 124
Decrooq-Restellini, L'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2002 ( mention this painting in p. 250)
In process

Exhibitions -?-

Houston, Modigliani, Contemporary Arts Museum, 1954 - nº 11 as woman with hat

In process

Other Ceroni in his text mentions that the portrayed was the wife of a famous actor and collector named Dorival (Georges Edouard Lemarchand, 1871-1939)
The name of the sitter is Blanche Antonia James, nee Blanche Dorival (1870-1946).

This work was in the collection of the famous Helena Rubinstein:
Pictures from her Park Avenue apartment dated Ca.1950 -53
helena rubinstein and madame dorival on back



There is another painting featuring the same sitter, Ceroni 122:
mme. dorival amedeo modigliani






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