Dr. Deveraigne by  amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 119bis Nº 200 Nº 183 YES 9/1917 Nº 189 ? ?
Date 1917
Title Dr. Deveraigne
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 55.3 x 46.7 cm (Parisot, Patani: 55 x 46)
Signature: Signed "modigliani" bottom right - and a second time "modigliani. / 1917." top right (reverse not seen)
Actual Location Private Collection?
Provenance -?-

Paul Guillaume, Paris
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Berneheim Jeune Gallery, Paris
Chester H. Johnson Galleries, Chicago (there already in 1928)
Sale: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc., November 14, 1934, Lot 67 - Sold 700 USD (from Chester H. Johnson Galleries, Chicago)
George Gershwin, New York (acquired above)
Mr. & Mrs. Ira Gershwin, Los Angeles (by descent )
The Eliot Corday Foundation and the Ira and Leonore Gershwin Philanthropic Trust
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, November 11, 1999, lot 135
Private Collection, USA
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Impressionist & modern art, part I, Sale 7379 - 4th November, 2004 - Lot 49
Estimate 2,000,000 — 3,000,000 USD - Sold: Unsold
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Bruce and Robbi Toll Collection, Philadelphia.

In process

Bibliography -?-

Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 18
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 119 bis
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani : dessins et sculptures ; avec suite du catalogue illustre des peintures, Edizioni del Milione, Milano, 1965 - nº 184
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 200
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 183
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991- nº 9/1917
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 189

Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007
Klein, Modigliani Unmasked, The jewish Museum, New York, 2017

In process

Exhibitions -?-

Chicago, Modern French Paintings and Sculpture, The renaissance society, University of Chicago,1928
Chicago, Modern French Paintings, The renaissance society, University of Chicago,1930
Chicago, Modern French Paintings, The renaissance society, University of Chicago,1931
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1936
Boston. Modigliani: Paintings and Drawings. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, 1961 - nº 13
Los Angeles. Modigliani: Paintings and Drawings. Exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum, 1961 - nº 13
New York, Modigliani unmasked, Jewish Museum, 2018

In process

Other Not in D' Atri papers

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Signature of the painting:

signature

Bottom signature:
signature

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

DETAIL OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EARS OF LEON BAKST BY AMEDEO MODIGLIANI


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Image of the painting for auction in 2004:

the painting framed for auction in 2004

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Image of the painting in New York, Modigliani unmasked, Jewish Museum, 2018

Image of the painting in New York, Modigliani unmasked, Jewish Museum, 2018

By the Image it seems that the painting has been recently cleaned, but I have no information about it.

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3 versions known of the same sitter:

Private Collection
Dr. Deveraigne amedeo modigliani

Evergreer House Museum:
Dr. Deveraigne amedeo modigliani
Bührle Collection:
Dr. Deveraigne amedeo modigliani


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