LA PETIT LOUISE BY AMEDEO MODIGLIANI
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 236 Nº 294 Nº 208 YES ? Nº 214 ? ?
Date 1917 ?
Title Louise - La petite Louise - Bust of girl with sailor collar
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 55 x 43.8 cm (Patani, Ceroni: 55 x 46)
Signature: Signed "modigliani" top right
Actual Location Private Collection ?
Provenance -?-

Léopold Zborowski, Paris
Galerie Paul & Gilbert Pétridès, Paris
Duveen Collection, London (by 1955)
André Lefevre, Paris
Sale: Palais Galliera, Collection Lefevre, Paris 25.11.1965 - Lot 68
Private Collection, Switzerland
Sale: Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, May 7, 2001, Lot 33
Sold: 4.072.500 USD
Private Collection ?
Sale: Sotheby's - Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale - Sale N08485 - 03/November/2008 - Lot 35
Estimate: 7.000.000 - 10.000.000 USD - Result: Bought in

In Process

Bibliography -?-

Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 294 (dated 1918)
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 208 (dated 1917)
Ceroni & Cachin, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani, Paris, 1972 - nº 208
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 214 (dated 1917 with incorrect provenance)
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007

In process

Exhibitions -?-

Bern, Kunstmuseum, 1955 - nº 31
Paris, Collection André Lefèvre, Musée National d'Art Moderne, 1964 - nº 204
Martigny, Modigliani, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 1990 - nº 66

In process

Other
Probably nº 154 in D'Atri papers as Portrait de jeune Fille - 55 x 44 signed right dated 1918 - Nice with no provenance
or nº 79 as Tete de Femme 61 x 38 signed top right dated 1917-1918, provenance Zborowski > Bernheim Paris 1929 > Ernest Duveen, London 1933

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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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Detail of the ears where the drawing with colors and black 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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The painting was restored for auction in 2008, a dark oxidated varnish layer was retired:

cleaning for auction

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