Head of a young woman
Oil on cardboard, 1917
Identification
- Published titles
- English: Head of a young woman; Woman’s head.
French: Tête de jeune femme; Femme brune. - Date
- 1917.
- Medium
- Oil on cardboard. Pfannstiel records canvas.
- Dimensions
- 43.2 × 34.9 cm.
- Signature
- Signed modigliani at top right.
- Present location
- Private collection? Location unknown after 1930.
Catalogue numbers
| Compiler | Number |
|---|---|
| Arthur Pfannstiel | no. 183 |
| Joseph Lanthemann | NO |
| Ambrogio Ceroni | NO |
| Jeanne Modigliani | NO |
| Christian Parisot | ? |
| Osvaldo Patani | NO |
| Modigliani Project | ? |
| MR | ? |
| Modigliani Initiative | ? |
Legal note on MR: This investigation has not had access to MR’s catalogue raisonné; all research here is based on open sources, publications and exhibitions. By no means has that catalogue been copied at any point. Modigliani Project and Modigliani Initiative are marked YES when the work is published or otherwise recorded by those projects, even if no catalogue number is assigned; otherwise the field is marked ?.
Provenance
- Léopold Zborowski, Paris.
- Étienne Bignou Collection, Paris.
- Alex Reid & Lefevre, London (1929).
- Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York (1929–30), stock no. 3310; acquired for USD 400 from Reid & Lefevre and returned on 28 January 1930.
- Alex Reid & Lefevre, London (1930).
- Unknown location.
The sequence follows the published museum, sale, and catalogue record in this investigation. Gaps and uncertain transfers are marked as such.
Selected bibliography
Book-length publications are marked with a footnote giving a full citation. Exhibition catalogues appear in both this list and the exhibition list when this investigation recorded them in both places. Where this investigation listed a long run of secondary mentions, only the principal catalogues and museum or sale references are retained here.
- Arthur Pfannstiel, 1929, p. 30 (as Femme brune, oil on canvas).1
- De Hauke & Co., Paintings by Amedeo Modigliani 1884–1920, New York, 1929, no. 36.
- Arthur Pfannstiel, 1956, no. 183.2
Exhibitions
- London, Reid & Lefevre, 1929.
- New York, De Hauke & Co., 1929, no. 36.
- Chicago, Auto Club, 1929.
Notes
This investigation marks the work as not located in the D’Atri papers.
Published documentation for this file is thin. Catalogue numbers, exhibitions and bibliography are given only where the source recorded them.
This investigation marked several fields as still being checked. The facts above are those already published; where sources disagree, both readings are given.
Footnotes
- Arthur Pfannstiel, Modigliani. L’Art et la Vie, preface by Louis Latourette, Paris, Seheur, 1929 (presumed catalogue).
- Arthur Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son œuvre, étude critique et catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque des Arts, 1956.