almaisa seated  by amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
NO? Nº 144 Nº 133 YES 25/1916 Nº 134 ? ?
Date 1916-1917 ? (in many publications is dated in 1916 but in the back of the canvas is dated in 30-June-1917)
Title Almaisa - Almaïsa - Algerian woman
Materials Oil on canvas? (probably on raw canvas or primed with a brown mix)
Size 55 x 30 cm? (Parisot: 55 x 33 cm)
Signature: Signed "modigliani" half bottom left and the text "L' ALGERIENNE" top left in the back of the canvas: 30 juin 1917 - also Inv. Nº 3042
Actual Location Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany (3042.Strecker.Erwoben.1958 - Nº ML 76/3042)
Provenance -?-


W. Strecker Collection (until 1958)
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Köln ( acquired from the above in 1958 and until 1976)
Loan to Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany ( Nº ML 76/3042 - 3042.Strecker.Erwoben.1958) transfer 1976

In process

Bibliography -?-

Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 - nº 82
Slg. Strecker, Köln 1958/59, Kat-Nr. 6
Vey,wo sind die modern porträts?, Cologne, 1959
Grote, 1960-1961, p. 367
Französische Malerei, Wolfsburg 1961, mit Abbildung, Kat-Nr. 103
Grote, 1965, p. 223
Keller, 1970, p. 202
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 144
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 133
Köln WRM, Gemälde des 20. Jhs., 1974, S. 136, Abbildung Nr. 188
Köln ML, Handbuch, 1979, S. 532, Farbabbildung S. 533
Catalogue National Museum Tokyo, 1985, p. 182 - nº 63
Catalogue Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, 1985
Köln ML, Bestandskatalog II, 1986, S. 171f
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 nº 25/1916
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 134
Köln ML, Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, 1996, S. 503, Farbabb. S.502
Tót, Endre, Köln 1999, S. 67, Farbabb. S. 67
Kunstwelten im Dialog, Köln 1999-00, S. 538, Kat-Nr. 287
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007
Modigliani, Amedeo, Japan 2008, S. 76, Farbabb. S.77
Ireson, Fraquelli, Modigliani, London, Tate Modern, Skira Rizzoli, London, 2017, p. 140
Köln ML, 20./21. Jahrhundert, 2018, S. 402 mit Abb.


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Exhibitions -?-

Köln, Slg. Strecker, 1958/59
Wolfsburg, French ASrt from Delacoix to Picasso, Stadhalle Wolfsburg, 1961 - nº 103
Tokyo, Modigliani exhibition, National Museum, 1985 - nº 63
Nagoya, Modigliani exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, 1985
Köln, Who's afraid of Nothing? Absent pictures, Ludwig Museum, 1999
Nagoya, Modigliani, a retrospective, Nagoya City Art Museum, 2008
Himeji, Modigliani, a retrospective, Himeji City Museum of Art, 2008
Iwate, Modigliani, a retrospective, Morioka Iwate Museum of Art, 2008
Nagoya, Modigliani, a retrospective,, The Chunichi Shimbun, 2008
Bonn, Amedeo Modigliani: Ein Mythos der Moderne, Bundesrepublik, 2009 - nº 79
London, Modigliani, Tate Modern, 2017-2018

In process

Other No mention in D´Atri papers

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Signature:

signature

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Detail of the ear made in sharp point (the triangle style ear) where the drawing with colors and black detail is visible and is painted over the color (on top of the color)

ears



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Modigliani used to do small sketches of the face and shoulders for later bigger portraits, in this case the sketch is known as
Woman of Algiers, actually in Cologne (not take it as a sketch they can be different to the final composition and with their own status as independent artworks)
sketch and big composition of almaisa
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The painting framed at the Ludwig Museum in 2017
l algeriene framed in cologne



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