ELVIRA WITH WHITE COLLAR BY AMEDEO MODIGLIANI
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
NO? Nº 322 Nº 269 YES ? Nº 282 YES ?
Date 1918 ? (Rastellini dates 1917-1918)
Title Elvira with white collar - la fille du peuple - the girl of the people - the doll girl - La fille poupée
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 92 x 65 cm ?
Signature: Signed "modigliani" top right
Actual Location Private Collection ?
Provenance -?-
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Léopold Zborowski, Paris (1929)
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Paul Guillaume, Paris
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Netter Collection, Paris (?)
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Private Collection?


In process

Bibliography -?-

Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 269
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 322
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 282
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007
Restellini, La Collection Jonas Netter, Pinacotheque de Paris, 2012, cat. 37 - dated 1917 or 1918

In process

Exhibitions -?-
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Paris, La Collection Jonas Netter, Pinacotheque de Paris, 2012 (curated by Marc Restellini)
Milano, La Collection Jonas Netter, Palazzo Reale, 2013 (curated by Marc Restellini)
St. Petersburg, Modigliani, Soutine and other legends of Montparnasse (the Netter Collection) Fabergé Museum, 2017-18 (curated by Marc Restellini)
Livorno, La Collection Jonas Netter - Modigliani, Soutine et l'Aventure de Montparnasse, Museo della Città, 2019-2020


In process

Other
Not in D'Atri papers?

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This painting presents holes in the 4 corners, two covered.

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Detail of signature in visible normal light:

signature

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Eyes are totally 1916-1917 in concept but the color, a combination of gradients with patches are clearly from 1917-1918.
Nose is totally from 1918-1919 there is no line except at the end, clearly like the noses of his last works.

eyes

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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)

ears


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Detail of the short brushstrokes next to the figure in the background mixing white, green, white and black to create a sensation of movement in a neutral zone.

detail


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Detail of the small dabs macchiaioli style very common in many Modigliani works:

detail

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The painting framed at St. Petersburg, Modigliani, Soutine and other legends of Montparnasse (the Netter Collection), Curated by Marc Restellini, Fabergé Museum, 2017-18

The painting framed at St. Petersburg, Modigliani, Soutine and other legends of Montparnasse (the Netter Collection), Curated by Marc Restellini, Fabergé Museum, 2017-18

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There is a very similar version in the D'Atri papers size 92 x 60 cm actually at unknown location:

unknown woman seated with white collar



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