The Zouave
Oil on canvas, 1918
Identification
- Published titles
- English: The Zouave; The soldier.
French: Le zouave. - Date
- 1918 in the principal catalogues. D’Atri dates the work 1919. MR dates it 1918–19.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas.
- Dimensions
- 63 × 48 cm (MR, Luxembourg 2002). Pfannstiel gives 61.5 × 46 cm; Ceroni 61 × 46 cm; Patani 62.9 × 48.3 cm. Parisot’s 100 × 65 cm does not match this canvas.
- Signature
- Signed modigliani at top right.
- Present location
- Niarchos Collection (London or Paris; unconfirmed).
Catalogue numbers
| Compiler | Number |
|---|---|
| Arthur Pfannstiel | no. 249 |
| Joseph Lanthemann | no. 296 |
| Ambrogio Ceroni | no. 263 |
| Jeanne Modigliani | YES |
| Christian Parisot | no. 25/1918 |
| Osvaldo Patani | no. 275 |
| 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.
- Netter Collection, Paris (by 1928).
- Bignou Collection, Paris (by 1929).
- Alex Reid & Lefevre, London (acquired 1929).
- Seligmann & Co., New York, stock no. 5368.
- Edward G. Robinson Collection, Los Angeles.
- Niarchos Collection?
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. 41.1
- Arthur Pfannstiel, 1956, no. 249, dated 1918.2
- Ambrogio Ceroni, 1958, no. 107.3
- Joseph Lanthemann, 1970, no. 296.4
- Ambrogio Ceroni and Leone Piccioni, 1970, no. 263.5
- Osvaldo Patani, 1991–94, no. 275, 62.9 × 48.3 cm.6
- Christian Parisot, 1991, no. 25/1918, 100 × 65 cm.7
- MR, Luxembourg 2002, no. 93, 63 × 48 cm.8
Exhibitions
- London, Alex Reid & Lefevre, 1929.
- New York, De Hauke & Co., 1929, no. 33.
- Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1933, no. 56.
- Basel, Kunsthalle, 1934, no. 48.
- Cleveland Museum of Art and New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1951, no. 39.
- New York, Forty paintings from the Edward G. Robinson Collection, 1953.
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art and San Francisco, Legion of Honor, 1956–57, no. 30.
- Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981, no. 66.
- Paris, Musée du Luxembourg, 2002, no. 93.
Notes
D’Atri papers no. 56, as The Zouave, Paris 1919, 61 × 46 cm; provenance Netter 1928 > Bignou 1929 > Reid & Lefevre (1929 and 1933).
Holes are visible at the four corners.
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.
- Ambrogio Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: peintre; suivi des souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Milan, Edizioni del Milione, 1958.
- 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.
- Osvaldo Patani, Modigliani. Catalogo generale, Milan, Leonardo, 1991–94.
- Christian Parisot, Catalogue raisonné Modigliani, Livorno, Graphis Arte, 1991.
- MR, Modigliani: l’ange au visage grave, Paris, Musée du Luxembourg, 2002.