nuede on a cushion by amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 153 Nº 125 Nº 146 YES 28/1916 Nº 148 ? ?
Date 1916 ? (the museum say 1917)
Title Nude on a blue cushion - Nude - Nu etendu
Materials Oil on linen
Size 65.4 x 100.9 cm
Signature: Signed "modigliani" top right
Actual Location National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. USA ( Inv. Nº 1963.10.46)
Provenance Modigliani

Zborowski Collection?
(Arthur Pfannstiel, Modigliani et Son Oeuvre, Paris, 1956, gave the provenance as "Hist: Collection L. Zborowski, Paris," although earlier the same author, in his Modigliani, Paris, 1929, gave the provenance as Guillaume.
According to Chester Dale papers in NGA curatorial files, Guillaume bought the painting directly from Modigliani.)

Paul Guillaume Coll. ( acquired in 1917?)
Chester Dale, April 1928 (Acquired to Guillaume)
Bequest to National Gallery in 1963

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. USA ( Inv. Nº 1963.10.46)



Bibliography -?-

Art News, "Selections from the Chester Dale Collection." Art News 27, 1928 - nº 3
Dale, Modigliani, Knopf, New York, 1929, pl. 38
Dale. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929 - nº 101, as Nude
Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 25 - nº 5
Basler, Modigliani. Editions G. Cres, Paris, 1931, pl. 25
Craven, Modern Art, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1934, p. 203
Reynal, Modern French painters, Tudor Publishing Co.1934, p. 128
Slocombe,  Rebels of Art, Manet to Matisse. New York, 1939, plate 27
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. Philadelphia, 1943
Raynal, Modigliani, Skira, Genève 1951
San Lazzaro, Modigliani peintures, Les Éditions du Chêne, Paris, 1953, p. 9, pl. 50
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 153 as Nu appuye sur le Bras Droit.
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani : dessins et sculptures ; avec suite du catalogue illustre des peintures, Edizioni del Milione, Milano, 1965 - nº 196
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965
National Gallery of Art, Washington, European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968
Diehl, Modigliani, Ed. Flamarion, Paris, 1969, p. 58
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 125 as Nu
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 146
National Gallery of Art, Washington, European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975
Zurcher, Modigliani, Ed. F. Hazan, Paris, 1980 - nº 19
Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984 - nº 897
Hall, Modigliani, Phaidon, Oxford, 1984 - nº 33
National Gallery of Art, Washington, European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985
Roy, Modigliani, Nathan, Paris, 1985, p. 101
Diehl, Modigliani, Crown Publishers, New York, 1989, p. 58
A. Ceroni, Les nus, 1989, p. 52
Orion Press, Tokyo, 1989 - nº 37
Kopper,America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991- nº 28/1916
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 148
Kruszynski. Amedeo Modigliani: Portraits and Nudes. Munich, 1996
Krystof, Amedeo Modigliani: The Poetry of Seeing, Taschen, Cologne, 2000, p. 69
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007
Secrest, Modigliani: A Life. New York, 2011



In process

Exhibitions -?-

Paris, Modigliani, Galerie Bing et Cie, 1925 (unknown number)
New York, Loan Exhibition of Modern French Art from the Chester Dale Collection for the Benefit of the French Hospital of New York, Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 1928 - nº 30, as Femme Nue
New York, Amedeo Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Demotte, Inc., 1931 - nº 25, as Nu Etendu
Brussels, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition. Palais des beaux-arts, 1933 - nº 75, as Nu
Basel, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthalle, 1934 - nº 65, as Nu
Philadelphia, Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1943-1951
Washington, D.C., Modigliani: An Anniversary Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1983-1984
Washington, D.C.,  From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2010-2012
London - Modigliani, Tate Gallery, 2017

In process

Other
Nº 75 in D' Atri papers dated end of 1917, size 100 x 65, titled "Nu" - Provenance in Guillaume > Chester Dale, 1932

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The painting framed at the NGA in 2019:

framed at the NGA

The painting framed at the exhibition Modigliani, Tate Gallery, 2017:

nude at tate exhibit in 2017
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The painting visible at the Exhibition of Modigliani, Galerie Bing et Cie, Paris 1925
the painting in the center left at the exhibition of modigliani at the galllery bing in 1925


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The painting visible at the Interior of 20 East 79th Street residence of Chester Dale in New York (Ca 1930)
Interior of 20 East 79th Street residence of Chester Dale.


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