BOY WITH HANDS CROSSED BY AMEDEO MODIGLIANI
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Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
NO ? NO Nº 250 ? ? Nº 264 YES ?
Date 1918 ?
Title Boy with hands crossed - Boy with hands on lap - Young boy - Young man sitting crossed hands in knees
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 92 x 60 cm
Signature: Signed "modigliani" top right
Actual Location Private Collection
Provenance -?-
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Léopold Zborowski, Paris (sold 1927)
Crespo Collection, Buenos Aires ( 1927 ? - 2019)

Sale: Sotheby's London, Impressionist & Modern art evening sale - Sale 19 June 2019 - Lot 8
Estimated: 16.000.000 - 24.000.000 GBP - Sold: 18.422.000 GBP
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Note:
Auction text makes mention to Ceroni & Patani catalogue notes, there in no mention of Parisot, Restellini or Wayne approval in the text.
(This means Sotheby's does not trust or require the opinion of any living experts?)


In process
Bibliography -?-

Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 250, dated 1918 and titled boy with hands in lap and located in Crespo Collection, Buenos Aires
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 264, dated 1918 and titled boy with hands in lap and located in Private Collection


In process
Exhibitions -?-
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In process
Other Not in D' Atri papers

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This painting was considered as lost since the Ceroni Black & white reproduction in 1970.

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The painting framed for auction:
framed for auction
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Detail of signature in visible normal light:

signature normal light

Black Extraction 50%:
black 50% signature

Only Black:
only black visible

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


eyes and nose
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This painting presents holes in 2 corners, probably the others are covered by restoration.

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I have no information of any cleaning procedure in this case, but the surface seems to be clean and the painting mantain the reds in perfect shape.

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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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