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Date | 1917 | ||||||||||||||||
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Title | Dr. Deveraigne - The handsome commander - Le beau major - the medical officer - Portrait of a man - Le major | ||||||||||||||||
Materials | Oil on canvas? | ||||||||||||||||
Size | 55.9 x 47 cm (Ceroni, Parisot, Patani: 55 x 46 - 1963 exhibit 55 x 45.7) | ||||||||||||||||
Signature: | Signed "Modigliani" top right- dated "1917." bottom right (reverse not seen) | ||||||||||||||||
Actual Location | Evergreen House Foundation, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA ( Inv. Nº 1952.1.32) | ||||||||||||||||
Provenance | -?- Dr. Deveraigne, Paris ? Berneheim Jeune Gallery, Paris (by 1922) George Biddle Collection, New York Frank Crowninshield Collection, New York ( 1925- to ?) John Work Garret Collection, Baltimore Alice Garret, Baltimore Permanent loan to Evergreen House Foundation, John Hopkins University, Baltimore by Alice Garret in 1952 - Inv. Nº EH1952.1.32 In process |
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Bibliography | -?- Basler, Kunst und Kunstler, Print. Bruno Cassirer, Berlin, October 1929 , illustrated, p. 362 (titled "French army officer" in Crowninshield collection, NY) Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 18 Dale, Modigliani, Knopf, New York, 1929, pl. 34 Descargues, Amedeo Modigliani, Braun, Paris, 1954, pl. 34 (titled "portrait of a man" as from Bernheim Jeune) Lipchitz, Amedeo Modigliani, H.N. Abrams, New York, 1954, pl. 28 (in Garret Collection) Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 119 Modigliani J. , Modigliani: Man and Myth, Orion Press, New York, 1958 Modigliani J. , Modigliani senza leggenda, Vallecchi Editore, Firenze, 1958, pl. 43 Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani : dessins et sculptures ; avec suite du catalogue illustre des peintures, Edizioni del Milione, Milano, 1965 - nº 182 Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, Garzanti, Milano 1967, p. 102 Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, Cercle d'art, Paris,1968, p. 110-111 Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 199 Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 182 Parisot, Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1988, p. 158 Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991- nº 8/1917 Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 188 Parisot, Modigliani, Pierre Terrail, Paris, 1992, p. 120 Wayne, Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse, Abrams-Albright-knox gallery, New York, 2002, p. 94 - nº 17 Fraquelli, Modigliani, Fort Worth and Paris, in Burlington Magazine, 145, 2003 pp. 254-255 Klein, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004-2005, p. 119, pl. 34 Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007 In process |
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Exhibitions | -?- Paris, Modigliani, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, 1922 - nº 18 New York, Paintings by Amedeo Modigliani 1884-1920, De Hauke & Co. Inc., 1929 - nº 18 (Titled "a french army doctor" Crowninshield collection) New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1936 Cleveland, Modigliani: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Cleveland Museum of Art,1951 New York, Modigliani: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, 1951 Cincinnati, Amedeo Modigliani: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings, The Contemporary Arts Center, 1959 - nº 13 Chicago, Amedeo Modigliani: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings, The Arts Club, 1959 Milwaukee, Amedeo Modigliani: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings, Milwaukee Art Center, 1959 Atlanta, The Art of Amedeo Modigliani, Atlanta Art Association Galleries, 1960 - nº 14 Boston. Modigliani: Paintings and Drawings. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, 1961 - nº 12 Los Angeles. Modigliani: Paintings and Drawings. Exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum, 1961 - nº 12 New York, Amedeo Modigliani; loan exhibition, Acquavella Galleries, Inc. 1971 - nº 27 Edinburgh, Modigliani, Royal Scottish Academy, 1963 - nº 29 London, Modigliani, Tate Gallery, 1963 - nº 29 Tokyo, Modigliani exhibition, National Museum, 1985 - nº 78 Nagoya, Modigliani exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, 1985 - nº 78 Buffalo NY, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Albright-Knox Gallery, 2002-2003 - nº 17 Fort Worth, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Kimbell art Museum, 2003 - nº 17 Los Angeles, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2003 - nº 17 Washington D.C., Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Phillips Collection, 2005 In process |
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Other | Not in D' Atri papers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The painting presents holes in the corners covered by restoration ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Signature of the painting: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Detail of the ears where the drawing is clearly visible and is painted over the color (on top of the color) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 versions known of the same sitter: Private Collection Evergreer House Museum: Bührle Collection: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||||||||||||||||
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