Madame G. Van Muyden by AMEDEO MODIGLIANI
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 236 Nº 311 Nº 216 YES 19/1917 Nº 222 YES ?
Date 1917 (the museum dates 1916-1917)
Title Madame Van Muyden - Madame George van Muyden - Woman in fancy dress - Woman portrait
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 92 x 65 cm
Signature: Signed "modigliani" bottom right
Actual Location MASP - São Paolo, Brazil (Inv. Nº MASP.00148)
Provenance -?-

Georges van Muyden, Paris
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Moos Gallery in 1934
Sale: Moos Gallery, Tableaux Modernes, Geneva - 20/ march/ 1937 - Lot 153, pl. 37

Ernest Ponti Collection, Geneva
Sale: Moos Gallery, Ponti Collection Sale, Geneva - 02/ April/ 1938 - Lot 137, pl. 35
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Matthiessen Gallery, Geneva
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MASP - São Paolo, Brazil (Inv. Nº MASP.00148)
Donation by Tor Janer in 1951

In Process

Bibliography -?-

Exhib. catalogue, Brussels, Palais des beaux-arts, 1954 - pl. 62
Exhib. catalogue, Utrecht, Central Museum, 1954, pl. 62
Exhib. catalogue, Bern, Kunstmuseum, 1954, pl. 62
Exhib. catalogue, London, Tate Gallery, 1954, pl. 62
Exhib. catalogue, Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle, 1954, pl. 62
Exhib. catalogue,, Milano, Palazzo Reale, 1954, pl. 104
Bardi, Milano, 1956, pl. 420
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 236
Lohse, Peinture éternelle, Ed. Pont Royal, Frankfurt, 1957, p. 206m pl. 98
Russoli, Amedeo Modigliani, Silvana Editoriale d'Arte, Milano, 1958 - nº 22
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani : dessins et sculptures ; avec suite du catalogue illustre des peintures, Edizioni del Milione, Milano, 1965 - nº 206
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 311 (dated 1918)
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 216
Ceroni & Cachin, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani, Paris, 1972 - nº 216
Nakayama, 1974 - nº 45 (?)
Zurcher, Modigliani, Ed. F. Hazan, Paris, 1980 - nº 28
Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Editions ACR, Paris, 1987, p. 185
Parisot, Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1988, p. 156
Orion Press, Tokyo, 1989 - nº 26
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 19/1917
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 222 (dated 1917 with incorrect provenance)
Parisot, Modigliani, Pierre Terrail, Paris, 1992, p. 116
Monti a cura de R. Chiappini, Catalogue Amedeo Modigliani, Lugano, Skira, 1999 - nº 34, p. 91
Decrooq-Restellini, L'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2002, nº 69 pp. 312-313
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007

In process

Exhibitions -?-

Venezia, Mostra retrospettiva di Modigliani – Curated by Lionello Venturi - Biennale di Venezia , Sala XII degli Appels d'Italie, 1930 - nº 37 (as property of Moos Gallery Geneva)
Brussels, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition. Palais des beaux-arts, 1933 - nº 42
Basel, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthalle, 1934 - nº 34
Cleveland, Modigliani: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Cleveland Museum of Art,1951
New York, Modigliani: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, 1951
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, 1953, p. 71
Brussels, Palais des beaux-arts, 1954 - pl. 62
Utrecht, Central Museum, 1954, pl. 62
Bern, Kunstmuseum, 1954, pl. 62
London, Tate Gallery, 1954, pl. 62
Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle, 1954, pl. 62
Milano, Palazzo Reale, 1954, pl. 104
Milano, Mostra di Amedeo Modigliani, Palazzo Reale, Curated by Franco Russoli, 1958 - nº 22
Martigny, Modigliani, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 1990 - nº 68
Lugano, Amedeo Modigliani, Museo d'Arte Moderna, 1999 - nº 34
Paris, Modigliani: l'ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, 2002 - nº 69
São Paolo, "Modigliani - Imagens de uma vida" , MASP, Curator Christian Parisot, 2012
Torino, Modigliani e la Bohème di Parigi, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, 2015


In process

Other
Nº 42 in D' Atri papers as Portrait de Femme 92 x 65 - 1917 - Moos Gallery in 1934

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Detail of signature in visible normal light:
NUDE SIGNATURE DETAIL

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The eyes of this painting reflect a style Modigliani used from the end of 1915 to the first months of 1918, very similar eye construction can be
seen in many Modigliani works from this period:
eyes

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This painting presents holes in 3 corners, probably the other hole is covered by restoration.

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Detail of the ears where the drawing with colors detail is 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 at the Venice Biennale in 1930:
Image of the painting at the Venice Biennale in 1930


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The painting framed at MASP in 2015:

The painting framed at MASP in 2015

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