Hanka Zborowska Leaning on a Chair

Oil on canvas, 1919

Date1919

MediumOil on canvas

Size92.1 × 54.3 cm

CollectionBarnes Foundation

SignatureTop right

Investigation1919-w-23

Identification

Published titles: English: Hanka Zborowska Leaning on a Chair; Madame Z.
French: La Zborowska.
Date: Pfannstiel dates the work 1918. Ceroni, Lanthemann, Parisot and Patani date it 1919.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 92.1 × 54.3 cm (museum). Several catalogues give 91 × 54 cm.
Signature: Signed modigliani at top right.
Present location: Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia (inv. BF375).

Catalogue numbers

Compiler	Number
Arthur Pfannstiel	no. 300
Joseph Lanthemann	no. 402
Ambrogio Ceroni	no. 313
Jeanne Modigliani	YES
Christian Parisot	no. 23/1919
Osvaldo Patani	no. 325
Modigliani Project	?
MR	?
Modigliani Initiative	?

Legal note on MR: This investigation has not had access to MR’s catalogue raisonné; all research here is based on open sources, publications and exhibitions. By no means has that catalogue been copied at any point. Modigliani Project and Modigliani Initiative are marked YES when the work is published or otherwise recorded by those projects, even if no catalogue number is assigned; otherwise the field is marked ?.

Provenance

Léopold Zborowski, Paris.
Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, acquired 31 January 1921, inv. 22488.
Paul Guillaume, Paris, acquired 30 December 1922 for 6,000 francs.
Albert C. Barnes Collection, Philadelphia, by 1922.
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia (inv. BF375).

The sequence follows the published museum, sale, and catalogue record in this investigation. Gaps and uncertain transfers are marked as such.

Selected bibliography

Book-length publications are marked with a footnote giving a full citation. Exhibition catalogues appear in both this list and the exhibition list when this investigation recorded them in both places. Where this investigation listed a long run of secondary mentions, only the principal catalogues and museum or sale references are retained here.

Mary Mullen, An Approach to Art, Merion, The Barnes Foundation Press, 1923.
Arthur Pfannstiel, 1929 presumed catalogue, p. 49.¹
Arthur Pfannstiel, 1956, no. 300, as Mme Zborowska, dated 1918, size 91 × 54 cm.²
Joseph Lanthemann, 1970, no. 402, as La Zborowska (leaning on a chair), dated 1919.³
Ambrogio Ceroni and Leone Piccioni, 1970, no. 313, dated 1919.⁴
Christian Parisot, 1991, no. 23/1919.⁵
Osvaldo Patani, 1991–94, no. 325.⁶

Exhibitions

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Modigliani, 1922, no. 2, as Madame Z.
Venice, XIII Biennale, Sala XII, 1922, no. 1 (163666).
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Contemporary European Paintings and Sculpture, 1923.
This investigation states that the painting has not left the Barnes Foundation since the 1923 Philadelphia exhibition.

Notes

Not listed in the D’Atri papers?

This investigation marked several fields as still being checked. The facts above are those already published; where sources disagree, both readings are given.

Hanka Zborowska leaning on a chair — The painting. Image courtesy of the Barnes Foundation, from this investigation.

Signature at top right. Image courtesy of the Barnes Foundation.

Ear — Drawn and coloured ear. Image courtesy of the Barnes Foundation.

In situ at the Barnes — The painting in its Barnes ensemble. Image courtesy of the Barnes Foundation.

Footnotes

Arthur Pfannstiel, Modigliani. L’Art et la Vie, preface by Louis Latourette, Paris, Seheur, 1929 (presumed catalogue).
Arthur Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son œuvre, étude critique et catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque des Arts, 1956.
Joseph Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son œuvre, son art, Barcelona, G. Condal, 1970.
Ambrogio Ceroni and Leone Piccioni, I dipinti di Modigliani, Milan, Rizzoli, 1970.
Christian Parisot, Catalogue raisonné Modigliani, Livorno, Graphis Arte, 1991.
Osvaldo Patani, Modigliani. Catalogo generale, Milan, Leonardo, 1991–94.