boy in a sailor suit by amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 151 Nº 307 Nº 212 YES NO? Nº 218 ? ?
Date 1917
Title Boy in a sailor suit - Boy - Boy wiith white collar - Garçon au col blanc - Seated boy
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 92.1 x 60.3 cm
Signature: Signed "modigliani" top right and dated "1917" in bottom right (text almost lost and visible only unframed)
Actual Location Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Inv. nº BF369)
Provenance -?-

Zamaron Collection, Paris? (not mentioned in the Zamaron sale in 1920)
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Sold by Guillaume to Alfred Barnes in 1922 or 1923(?)

Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Inv. nº BF369)

In process
Bibliography -?-

Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 25
Lipchitz, Amedeo Modigliani, H.N. Abrams, New York, 1954, pl. 64 as seated boy, dated 1918.
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 151 (dated 1917, Unknown collection)
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 307
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 212 (dated in 1917 located in Barnes collection)
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 183 (dated in 1917)
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007
Dolkart/Lucy/Gillman, The Barnes Foundation: Masterworks, Skira Rizzoli, 2012

In process
Exhibitions -?-

Philadelphia, Catalogue of an Exhibition of Contemporary European Paintings and Sculpture, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1923
Since the 20's of past century the painting has never left the Barnes premises.
Other Not in D' Atri papers

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The infra red image show the clear line of the drawing :

infra red image


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The painting framed at the Barnes:

framed at the barnes

The gorgeous & incrdedible assembly of room 19 at the Barnes Foundation:

The assembly of the room 19

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This painting present holes in the 4 corners, two covered by restoration but visible under infrared.

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Detail of signature:


signature

Detail of the date in bottom right:


dating

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Detail of the eyes and ears configuration:

left ear


right ear

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

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