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Date | 1917 | ||||||||||||||||
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Title | Blaise Cendrars | ||||||||||||||||
Materials | Oil on cardboard ( Pfannstiel / Parisot: Oil on canvas) | ||||||||||||||||
Size | 60.9 x 50.8 cm (Parisot: 61 x 50 - Pfannstiel 62 x 51 - 1963 exhibit 61 x 50) | ||||||||||||||||
Signature: | Unsigned - the text "CENDRARS" top right (reverse not seen) | ||||||||||||||||
Actual Location | Gualino Collection, Rome? | ||||||||||||||||
Provenance | -?- Silvermann Galleries, New York Private Collection, Connecticut Gualino Collection, Rome ? In process |
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Bibliography | -?- Parrot, Blaise Cendrars, Paris, 1953, pl. 5 T. Soby, Modigliani, Museum of Modern art, New York, catalogue exp. 1951 (not illustrated only in catalogue reference - lent anonymously) Lipchitz, Amedeo Modigliani, H.N. Abrams, New York, 1954, pl. 27 (Private Collection, Connecticut) Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 180 (dated 1917) Russoli, Amedeo Modigliani, Exhib. catalogue Palazzo Reale, Edizioni dell'ente manifestazioni Milanesi, Milano, 1958, pl. 35 Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 - nº 92 Scheiwiller, Arte Moderna Italiana nº 8 Amedeo Modigliani, U. Hoepli Ed. Zurich, 1958, pl. 31 Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, Cercle d'art, Paris,1968, pp. 94-95 ( oil on cardboard, dated 1917 - Riccardo Gualino Collection, Rome) Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 371 (dated 1919) Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 164 Castieau-Barrielle, Modigliani, ACR Editions, Paris, 1987, pp. 188-89 (dated in 1918 - Gualino Collection, Rome) Parisot, Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1988, p. 174 Buisson, La scuola di Parigi e Modigliani, Graphis Arte , 1989, p. 118 Orion Press, Tokyo, 1989 - nº 23 Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991- nº 25/1917 (dated 1917) Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 Parisot, Modigliani, Pierre Terrail, Paris, 1992, p. 123 (as oil on canvas) Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007 In process |
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Exhibitions | -?- New York, ?, The Museum of Modern Art, 1949- ? Cleveland, Modigliani: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Cleveland Museum of Art,1951 New York, Modigliani: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, 1951 Miami, 1954 Palm Beach, 1954 Milano, Mostra di Amedeo Modigliani, Palazzo Reale, Curated by Franco Russoli, 1958 - nº 35 (as oil on canvas) Roma, Modigliani, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, 1959 - nº 25 Edinburgh, Modigliani, Royal Scottish Academy, 1963 - nº 31 London, Modigliani, Tate Gallery, 1963 - nº 31 In process |
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Other | Not in D' Atri papers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This painting presents holes in the 4 corners of the cardboard, all of them visible: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The known images of this work reflect a progressive change of color probably because of strong and hard cleaning that eliminated the orange layers that covered the face making it more visually acceptable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Detail of the ears where the drawing is clearly visible and is painted over the color (on top of the color) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Biography of Cendrars: LINK | ||||||||||||||||
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