The Beautiful spaniard or madame modot by amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 284 Nº 335 Nº 283 YES 32/1918 Nº 296 YES YES?
Date Painted in Nice October 1918
Title The Beautiful Spaniard - Madame Modot - Young woman in yellow dress
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 92 x 59.5 cm ? (Patani, Ceroni, Pfannstiel 92 x 60)
Signature: Signed "modigliani" top right and text unreadable & covered with paint
Actual Location Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Villa Cerruti, Torino
Provenance -?-
Amedeo Modigliani (Oct 1918)
Leopold Zborowsl, Paris (end of 1918)

Bernheim Jeune Gallery, Paris (acquired from above 6 /June/1922)
Mme. Guérin Collection, Paris (Acquired from above 9 / April /1923
Netter Collection, Paris (by 1929)
Monteux Collection, Paris ?
BIng et Cie, Paris (by 1956)
Private Collection, Paris?
Robert von Hirsch Collection, Basel
Sale: Sotheby's, London - 26/June/1978 - Lot 743
Estimate 305.085 USD

Francesco Federico Cerruti

Fondazione Francesco Federico Cerruti per l’Arte, Torino
Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino

In process

Bibliography -?-
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Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 47
San Lazzaro, Modigliani peintures, Les Éditions du Chêne, Paris, 1947, pl. 14
Scheiwiller, Arte Moderna Italiana nº 8 Amedeo Modigliani, U. Hoepli Ed. Milan, 1950, pl. 37
Descargues, Amedeo Modigliani. Braun, Paris, 1951, pl. 43
San Lazzaro, Modigliani peintures, Les Éditions du Chêne, Paris, 1953, pl. 14
Descargues, Amedeo Modigliani, Braun, Paris, 1954, p. 43
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 284, title Young woman in yellow dress ( the beautiful Spaniard) - dated end 1918 - 1919
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani : dessins et sculptures ; avec suite du catalogue illustre des peintures, Edizioni del Milione, Milano, 1965 - nº 203
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 335, title The beautiful Spaniard - painted in Nice dated end 1918 - 1919
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 283 - nº 284, title The beautiful Spaniard - dated end 1918 - 1919
Robinson, Modeling for Modigliani, International Herald Tribune, 21/August/1974
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 296, title Young woman in yellow dress ( the beautiful Spaniard) - dated end 1918
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 32/1918, title Woman in yellow , the beautiful Spaniard - dated 1918
Monti a cura de R. Chiappini, Catalogue Amedeo Modigliani, Lugano, Skira, 1999 - nº 60
Parisot, Modigliani la vita le opere, Carte Segrete / Musée du Montparnase, 2006 - nº 33
Restellini, La Collection Jonas Netter, Pinacotheque de Paris, 2012
Patrice/ Dauberville, Amedeo Modigliani chez Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 2015
Ireson, Fraquelli, Modigliani, London, Tate Modern, Skira Rizzoli, London, 2017, p. 95
Livorno, La Collection Jonas Netter - Modigliani, Soutine et l'Aventure de Montparnasse, Museo della Città, 2019-2020 ?


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Exhibitions -?-
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Venezia, Mostra retrospettiva di Modigliani – Curated by Lionello Venturi - Biennale di Venezia , Sala XII degli Appels d'Italie, 1930 - nº 29 (Nº 306 in the photo library of the Biennale)
Zurich, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthaus Zurich, 1930 (Curated by Arthut Pfannstiel) - nº 141
Brussels, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition. Palais des beaux-arts, 1933 - nº 32
Basel, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthalle, 1934 - nº 24
Tokyo, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, Tobu Museum of Art, 1992-93 - nº 39
Kyoto, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, Daimaru Museum, 1992-93
Osaka, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, Daimaru Museum of Umeda, 1992-93
Ibaraki, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, Museum of Modern Art, 1992-93
Lausanne, Modigliani, Utrillo, Soutine, Les peintres de Zborowski et leurs amis, Fondation de L'Hérmitage, 1994 - nº 12
Firenze, Modigliani Soutine Utrillo e i pittori di Zborowski, Palazzo Vecchio, Sala d´Arme, 1995
Lugano, Amedeo Modigliani, Museo d'Arte Moderna, 1999 -nº 60
Milano, Modigliani: l'ange au visage grave, Palazzo Reale, 2003 - nº 64
Padova, da Canova a Modigliani, Palazzo Zabarella, 2010-2011
Milano, La Collection Jonas Netter, Palazzo Reale, 2013
London, Modigliani, Tate Modern, 2017-2018

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Other
Nº 32 in in D' Atri papers as Jeune fille à la robe jaune - size 92 x 65 - dated 1917-1918 - Paris - Provenance in Bernheim Jeune > Netter in 1929

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This painting is also known as Madame Modot because the portrayed is the wife of Gaston Modot who was also portrayed twice by Modigliani:

Gaston Modot amedeo modigliani - Gaston Modot with hat amedeo modigliani

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This painting presents holes in the 4 corners

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Detail of signature in visible normal light:

signature

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The painting at the Cerruti residence in 2019:

The painting at the Cerruti residence in 2019

The painting framed at London, Modigliani, Tate Gallery, 2017:
The painting framed at London, Modigliani, Tate Gallery, 2017


The painting in Venezia, Mostra retrospettiva di Modigliani – Curated by Lionello Venturi - Biennale di Venezia , Sala XII degli Appels d'Italie, 1930

The painting in Venezia, Mostra retrospettiva di Modigliani – Curated by Lionello Venturi - Biennale di Venezia , Sala XII degli Appels d'Italie, 1930


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