Léopold Zborowski with a cane
Oil on canvas, 1918
Identification
- Published titles
- English: Léopold Zborowski with a cane; Zborowski with joined hands.
- Date
- 1918 in Lanthemann, Ceroni, Patani and Parisot. Pfannstiel dates the canvas 1917.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas.
- Dimensions
- 73 × 50 cm (unconfirmed; D’Atri gives the same figures).
- Signature
- Signed modigliani at bottom right.
- Present location
- Private collection. Last named holder in this investigation: Samir Traboulsi, Paris.
Catalogue numbers
| Compiler | Number |
|---|---|
| Arthur Pfannstiel | no. 219 |
| Joseph Lanthemann | no. 287 |
| Ambrogio Ceroni | no. 251 |
| Jeanne Modigliani | YES |
| Christian Parisot | no. 11/1918 |
| Osvaldo Patani | no. 263 |
| Modigliani Project | ? |
| MR | YES |
| Modigliani Initiative | ? |
Legal note on MR: This investigation has not had access to MR’s catalogue raisonné; all research here is based on open sources, publications and exhibitions. By no means has that catalogue been copied at any point. Modigliani Project and Modigliani Initiative are marked YES when the work is published or otherwise recorded by those projects, even if no catalogue number is assigned; otherwise the field is marked ?.
Provenance
- Léopold Zborowski, Paris.
- MR records an acquisition by Roger Dutilleul in 1922, held until 1954.
- Bernheim-Jeune, Paris.
- Gouthière Collection, Paris.
- Marlborough Fine Art, London.
- Samir Traboulsi Collection, Paris.
The sequence follows the published museum, sale, and catalogue record in this investigation. Gaps and uncertain transfers are marked as such.
Selected bibliography
Book-length publications are marked with a footnote giving a full citation. Exhibition catalogues appear in both this list and the exhibition list when this investigation recorded them in both places. Where this investigation listed a long run of secondary mentions, only the principal catalogues and museum or sale references are retained here.
- Arthur Pfannstiel, 1929 presumed catalogue, p. 36.1
- Arthur Pfannstiel, 1956, no. 219, dated 1917.2
- Joseph Lanthemann, 1970, no. 287, dated 1918.3
- Ambrogio Ceroni and Leone Piccioni, 1970, no. 251.4
- Christian Parisot, 1991, no. 11/1918.5
- Osvaldo Patani, 1991–94, no. 263.6
- MR, Luxembourg 2002, no. 83.7
Exhibitions
- Tokyo and Kyoto, Seibu / National Museum of Art, 1968, no. 35?
- Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981, no. 65.
- Tokyo and Nagoya, 1985, no. 105.
- Martigny, 1990, no. 89.
- Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Ibaraki, 1992–93.
- Lugano, 1999, no. 44.
- Paris, Musée du Luxembourg, 2002, no. 83.
- Milan, Palazzo Reale, 2003, no. 59.
- London, Royal Academy, 2006, no. 29.
- Moscow, Pushkin Museum, 2007.
- Pisa, 2014–15.
- Villeneuve-d’Ascq, Budapest and Helsinki, 2016–17.
- London, Tate Modern, 2017–18.
Notes
D’Atri papers no. 226, as Zborowski, 73 × 50 cm, dated 1917; provenance Zborowski > Bernheim-Jeune 1929.
A later cleaning is recorded in this investigation; no conservation report is cited.
This investigation marked several fields as still being checked. The facts above are those already published; where sources disagree, both readings are given.
Footnotes
- Arthur Pfannstiel, Modigliani. L’Art et la Vie, preface by Louis Latourette, Paris, Seheur, 1929 (presumed catalogue).
- Arthur Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son œuvre, étude critique et catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque des Arts, 1956.
- Joseph Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son œuvre, son art, Barcelona, G. Condal, 1970.
- Ambrogio Ceroni and Leone Piccioni, I dipinti di Modigliani, Milan, Rizzoli, 1970.
- Christian Parisot, Catalogue raisonné Modigliani, Livorno, Graphis Arte, 1991.
- Osvaldo Patani, Modigliani. Catalogo generale, Milan, Leonardo, 1991–94.
- MR, Modigliani: l’ange au visage grave, Paris, Musée du Luxembourg, 2002.