Marios Varvoglis  by Amedeo Modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 361 Nº 420 Nº 336 YES 31/1919 Nº 349 YES ?
Date 1919-1920 (Restellini dates 1919-1920)
Title Marios Varvoglis - The composer Mario Varvogli - seated man with hat - Mario - Monsieur Mario
Materials oil on canvas?
Size 116 x 73 cm? (Parisot say 116 x 65 - D'Atri 115 x 72 - 1958 exhib. 116 x 72.5)
Signature: Unsigned
Actual Location Private Collection
Provenance -?-

Leopold Zborowski, Paris
Castaing Collection, Paris (1930)
Leopold Zborowski, Paris (1933)?
Bing Galerie, Paris (1935)
M. Sobrinho Collection, Sao Paulo
Meyer Collection, Zürich (in 1955 - by 1977)

Sale: Christie's, London - 28 / March / 1988 - Lot 28 or 25?
Sold 4.400.000 GBP

Private Collection

In process

Bibliography -?-

Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 55
Basler, Modigliani. Editions G. Cres, Paris, 1931, pl. 15
Franchi, Modigliani, Arnaud, Firenze, 1944, pl. 31
Franchi, Modigliani, Arnaud, Firenze, 1947, pl. 48
Scheiwiller, Arte Moderna Italiana nº 8 Amedeo Modigliani, U. Hoepli Ed. Milan, 1950, pl. 40
Carrieri, 12 opere di Amedeo Modigliani, Ed. del Milione, Milano 1950, p. 113
Jedlicka, Modigliani, E. Rentsch, Zürich, 1953, pl. 36
San Lazzaro, Modigliani peintures, Les Éditions du Chêne, Paris, 1953, p. 8
Lipchitz, Amedeo Modigliani, H.N. Abrams, New York, 1954, pl. 51
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 361, pl. 49 - titled Mario - dated in 1920 - mention is the last work of the artist
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 - nº 153
Roy , Modigliani, Skira, Lausanne, 1958, p. 99
Russoli, Amedeo Modigliani, Exhib. catalogue Palazzo Reale, Edizioni dell'ente manifestazioni Milanesi, Milano, 1958
Russoli, Amedeo Modigliani, Silvana Editoriale d'Arte, Milano, 1958
Modigliani J. , Modigliani sans légende, Gruend, Paris, 1961 - nº 16
Russoli, Amedeo Modigliani, Fratelli Fabbri, Milano, 1963 - nº 13
Gindertael, Shop libre diffusion, 1967, pl. 40, p. 66
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 420 - mention is the last work of the artist
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 336 - titled Mario Varvogli- dated in 1919
Ceroni & Cachin, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani, Paris, 1972 - nº 336 - titled Mario Varvogli- dated in 1919
Mann, Modigliani, Thames and Hudson, London, 1980 - nº 147
Carluccio, Leymarie, Negri, Russoli, Brunhammer, École de Paris, Rive Gauche, Paris, 1981, p. 221
Roy, Modigliani, Nathan, Paris, 1985, p. 143
Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Editions ACR, Paris, 1987, p. 215
Parisot, Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1988, p. 203
Parisot, Modigliani, il segno, Electa, Florence, 1990, p. 203
Schmalenbach, Amedeo Modigliani, Prestel, Munich, 1990, p. 131 - nº 79
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 349 - titled the music Mario Varvogli - dated 1919-1920
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 31/1919 - size 116 x 65 cm - dated 1919 - titled Mario Varvoglis
Parisot, Modigliani, Pierre Terrail, Paris, 1992, p. 153
Krystof, Amedeo Modigliani: The Poetry of Seeing, Taschen, Cologne,1996, 2000, p. 87
Parisot, Amedeo Modigliani, 1884-1920 : itinéraire anecdotique entre France et Italie, ACR edition, 1996
Decrooq-Restellini, L'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2002, p. 51 - dated 1919-1920
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007

In process
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 27
Brussels, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition. Palais des beaux-arts, 1933 - nº 73
Basel, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthalle, 1934 - nº 64
Bern, Modigliani, Campigli, Sironi, Kunsthalle, 1955 - nº 32
Paris, Cent Tableaux de Modigliani, Galerie Charpentier, 1958 - nº 96
Milano, Mostra di Amedeo Modigliani, Palazzo Reale, Curated by Franco Russoli, 1958 - nº 48
Marseille, Modigliani, Musée Cantini, 1958 - nº 38
Edinburgh, Modigliani, Royal Scottish Academy, 1963 - nº 46
London, Modigliani, Tate Gallery, 1963 - nº 46
Frankfurt, Amedeo Modigliani, Steinernes Haus, 1963 - nº 30
New York, European Master paintings from Swiss Collections, Museum of Modern Art, 1976-77
Tokyo, Modigliani exhibition, National Museum, 1985 - nº 121
Nagoya, Modigliani exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, 1985
Düsseldorf, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1991 - nº 90
Zurich, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunsthaus, 1991 - nº 90

In process

Other
Nº 73 in D'Atri papers - size 115 x 72 - dated 1920 - provenance in Zborowski

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Detail of the ears where the drawing is clearly visible and is painted over the color:


ears


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The painting framed in Venezia, Mostra retrospettiva di Modigliani – Curated by Lionello Venturi - Biennale di Venezia , Sala XII degli Appels d'Italie, 1930 - nº 27

framed in location in Venezia, Mostra retrospettiva di Modigliani – Curated by Lionello Venturi - Biennale di Venezia , Sala XII degli Appels d'Italie, 1930 - nº 27



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