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Date | 1918 ? | ||||||||||||||||
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Title | Boy in a blue jacket - Garçon à la veste bleue - Boy With a Blue Shirt - young man in blue shirt - Le Gosse du Concierge | ||||||||||||||||
Materials | Oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||
Size | 92.5 x 61 cm (Patani 92 x 73 - Parisot 92 x 63) | ||||||||||||||||
Signature: | Signed "modigliani" top right | ||||||||||||||||
Actual Location | Private Collection ? | ||||||||||||||||
Provenance | -?- ? Léopold Zborowski, Paris Netter Collection, Paris Galerie Bing et Cie., Paris (by 1927) George Colelction, Paris Schweiller Collection, Paris or Milano ? Félix Fénéon Collection, Paris Salomon R Guggenheim Collection, New York (acquired from above in 1932 until 1937) Guggenheim Museum, New York (1937 - 1990) Gift from Salomon Guggenheim in 1937 Deacesioned in 1990 to acquire the Panza Minimal art collection Sale: Sotheby's New York, 17/May/1990 - Lot 39 Estimate: 6.000.000 - 8.000.000 USD - Sold: 11.550.000 USD Klaus Perls (Perls Gallery), New York (1990-2004) ? Sale: Sotheby's London - Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale - 21/June/2004 - Lot nº 6 Estimate: 3.500.000 - 4.500.000 GBP - Sold: 6.165.600 GBP Note: Auction text makes mention to Pfannstiel, Lanthemann, Ceroni, Patani and Wayne (sotheby's made a mistake, is not this work the one he published is the other) catalogue notes, there is no mention to Parisot or Restellini Private Collection ? In process |
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Bibliography | -?- George, Modigliani, l’amour de l’art, Paris, 1925 , p. 385, pl. 7 Scheiwiller, Arte Moderna Italiana nº 8 Amedeo Modigliani, U. Hoepli Ed. Milano, 1927, pl. 7 Scheiwiller, Editions des Chroniques du jour, Paris, 1928 , pl. 4 Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 45 Scheiwiller, Arte Moderna Italiana nº 8 Amedeo Modigliani, U. Hoepli Ed. Milano, 1936-XIV , pl. 18 Taguchi, Modigliani, Alier-Sha Tokyo, 1936, pl. 3 Franchi, Modigliani, Arnaud, Firenze, 1944, pl. 14 Franchi, Modigliani, Arnaud, Firenze, 1946, pl. 25 Jedlicka, Modigliani, E. Rentsch, Zürich, 1953, pl. 34 Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 279 Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 - nº 100 Russell. Modigliani. Exh. cat., Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. 1963, p. 9 Gindertael, Shop libre diffusion, 1967, pl. 39, p. 65 Ponente, Modigliani, Ed. Toray, Barcelona, 1969 - nº 73 Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 259 Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 368 (dated in 1919) Rudenstine, New York, 1976 - nº 97 Carluccio, Leymarie, Negri, Russoli, Brunhammer, École de Paris, Rive Gauche, Paris, 1981, p. 98 Schmalenbach, Amedeo Modigliani, Prestel, Munich, 1990, p. 134 - nº 82 Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 19/1918 Parisot, Modigliani, Pierre Terrail, Paris, 1992, p. 6 Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 272 Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007 Ireson, Fraquelli, Modigliani, London, Tate Modern, Skira Rizzoli, London, 2017, p. 161 In process |
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Exhibitions | -?- - Paris, Modigliani, Galerie Bing et Cie, 1925 - nº 28 Zurich, Italienische Maler, Kunsthaus Zurich,1927 - nº 103 titled Le gosse du concierge and dated 1918 Charleston, Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection of Non-Objective Paintings, Carolina Art Association, Gibbes Memorial Art Gallery, 1936 - nº 118 Philadelphia, Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection of Non-Objective Paintings, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1937- nº 183 Charleston, Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection of Non-Objective Paintings, Gibbes Memorial Art Gallery, 1938 - nº 257 Cleveland, Modigliani - Soutine Exhibition, Cleveland Museum of Art,1951 New York,Modigliani - Soutine Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, 1951 New York, Selection II, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1953 New York, Interim Exhibition of Museum Collection, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,1954 New York, Selection IV, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,1954 New York, Interim Exhibition of Museum Collection, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,1955 Montreal, A Selection from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1955 - nº 42 New York, Selection V, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1955 Hartford, Twentieth Century Paintings from Three Cities: New York, New Haven, Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, 1955 - nº 38 New York, Recent Acquisitions and Loans II, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1957 San Antonio, Modigliani, Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, 1957 - nº 2 New York, Recent Accessions, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1958 New York, Inaugural Selection, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,1959 New York, Acquisitions, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1953-1961, 1961 Vienna, Kunst von 1900 bis heute, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, 1962- nº 147 Worcester, Aspects of Twentieth Century Painting Lent by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York,Worcester Art Museum, 1963 - nº 30 Frankfurt, Amedeo Modigliani, Steinernes Haus, 1963 - nº 23 Edinburgh, Modigliani, Royal Scottish Academy, 1963 - nº 38 London, Modigliani, Tate Gallery, 1963 - nº 38 New York, Paintings from the Collection of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1965 - nº 47 Baltimore, Twentieth Century Italian Art, The Baltimore Museum of Art,1966 Providence, Seven Centuries of Italian Art, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1967 New York, Acquisitions of the 1930's and 1940's. A Selection of Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings in Tribute to Baroness Hilla von Rebay, 1890-1967, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1968, p. 26 New York, Amedeo Modigliani; loan exhibition, Acquavella Galleries, Inc. 1971 - nº 40 (dated 1918) New York, Classics in the Collection, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1972 New York, Selections, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1972-1973, 1973 New York, The Guggenheim Museum Collection: Paintings 1880-1945., The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1976 New York, School of Paris: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Collection, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1978 Tokyo ,Love and Nostalgia for Montparnasse, Daimaru, 1979 Osaka,Love and Nostalgia for Montparnasse , Daimaru, 1979 Venice, A Half Century of European Paintings 1910-1960 from the Guggenheim Museum, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, 1986 Stuttgart, A Half Century of European Paintings 1910-1960 from the Guggenheim Museum, Schirn Kunsthalle, 1986 Prague, Modern Treasures from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Národní Galerie, 1989 Berlin, Modern Treasures from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Nationalgalerie, 1989 Düsseldorf, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1991 - nº 75 Zurich, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunsthaus, 1991 - nº 75 Tokyo, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, Tobu Museum of Art, 1992-93 - nº 34 Kyoto, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, Daimaru Museum, 1992-93 - nº 34 Osaka, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, Daimaru Museum of Umeda, 1992-93 - nº 34 Ibaraki, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, Museum of Modern Art, 1992-93 - nº 34 London, Modigliani, Tate Modern, 2017-2018 In process |
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Other | Not in D' Atri papers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Detail of signature in visible normal light: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The eyes and nose of this painting reflect a style Modigliani used from the end of 1917 to the first months of 1919, very similar eye and nose construction can be seen in many Modigliani works from this period, the line lies under the color and the color degradation is made using color not shadow. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This painting presents holes in 4 corners ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have no information of any cleaning procedure in this case, but the surface seems to be clean and the contrast between before & after 2004 auction make clear that the painting was cleaned for auction. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Detail of the ears where the drawing is clearly visible and is painted over the color (on top of the color) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Detail of the brushwork of the hair: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is a very similar painting with the boy in another position but with the same customs, the experts date it in 1919 based on the Cagnes text near the signature: |
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