girl in a stripped black apron by amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 239 Nº 281 Nº 265 YES ? Nº 277 YES ?
Date 1918
Title Nu Medicis - The young Swedish - Red haired Girl in loose shirt, half figure - Red-haired young woman in a chemise, half figure - Young woman, hand in bust - Seated blond nude - Young girl with nude breast - Naked breast girl
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 73 x 50 cm (Pfannstiel 55 x 45 - Ceroni,Patani 73 x 50)
Signature: Signed "modigliani" top right
Actual Location Nahmad Collection, London/Monaco?
Provenance -?-
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Leopold Zborowski, Paris (1929)
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Bing Galerie, Paris ?
Bernheim Jeune, Paris ?
Netter Collection, Paris ( by 1933)
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Nahmad Collection, London/Monaco?
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Bibliography -?-

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Salmon, Modigliani, sa vie et son oeuvre, Ed. des Quatres Chemins, Paris, 1926, pl. 25
Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 49 (reproduced pp. 120-121
Cocteau, Modigliani, Paris et Feldafing, 1952, pl. 24
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 239 (dated 1917)
Modigliani J. , Modigliani: Man and Myth, Orion Press, New York, 1958, pl. 10 as Medici Nude, 1918 - Private collection, again as nº 52 as Medici Nude, 1918 - Private collection
Modigliani J. , Modigliani senza leggenda, Vallecchi Editore, Firenze, 1958
Modigliani J. , Modigliani sans légende, Gruend, Paris, 1961
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 281 (dated 1918)
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 265 (dated 1918)
Ceroni & Cachin, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani, Paris, 1972 - nº 265
Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Editions ACR, Paris, 1987, p. 178 (by mistake the property is of another similar nude?)
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 277 (dated 1918 - size 73 x 50)
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007


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Exhibitions -?-

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Brussels, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition. Palais des beaux-arts, 1933 - nº 50 as femme a la chemise (property of Netter, dated 1918)
Basel, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthalle, 1934
Paris, Modigliani Peintures, Galerie de France, 1945-46 - nº 21 (as Jeune fille au sein nu)
Marseille, Modigliani, Musée Cantini, 1958 - nº 26 in photo but is really nº 28 (printing mistake)
Paris, Cent Tableaux de Modigliani, Galerie Charpentier, 1958 - nº 87 as Nu medicis - dated 1918 size 73 x 50 - Private Collection, Paris
Paris, Modigliani, Galerie de France, 1945-46 - nº 21 as Jeune fille au sein nu, dated 1918 - 73 x 50

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Other
Nº 50 in D' Atri papers dated 1918 - titled Femme à la chemise (Jeune fille en chemise), size 73 x 50 - Bing 1929> Zborowski 1929 > Netter 1933

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I have never seen this painting live or in a good quality reproduction

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Detail of signature in visible normal light:

signature in visible light

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The same sitter or almost identical is identified in a lost painting as "Beatrice Hastings or woman with cameo" dated 1917:
beatrice hastings with cameo amedeo modigliani
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Very simlar compositions:

Red-haired Young Woman in a Chemise, half figure amedeo modigliani- Red-haired Young Woman in a Chemise amedeo modigliani- The young milkmaid amedeo modigliani- Woman with necklace/Mme. Cheron :




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