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Date | 1918-1919 ? (probably 1918, but that would also change the date of 3 other paintings with similar background) | ||||||||||||||||
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Title | Young woman of the people - Dark haired woman seated in front of a bed - Germaine Lable - Young girl seated - Daughter of the people - Working girl | ||||||||||||||||
Materials | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||
Size | 100.3 x 65.1 cm? (Museum 89.5 x 64.1 cm - Ceroni, Patani 102 x 65 - D'Atri 81 x 50 -Wayne, Klein 100 x 64.5 - Burlington study 100.3 x 65.1) | ||||||||||||||||
Signature: | Signed "modigliani" top right | ||||||||||||||||
Actual Location | Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, USA (Inv. Nº M.68.46.2) | ||||||||||||||||
Provenance | -?- ? Leopold Zborowski, Paris Dutilleul Collection, Paris J. Doucet Collection, Paris A. Lefèvre Collection, Paris Hammmer Galleries, New York ( in 1954) Patani: Sale Palais Galliera, Paris - 25 / 11 / 1965? Armand Hammer Collection, Los Angeles Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, USA (Inv. Nº M.68.46.2) Frances and Armand Hammer Purchase Fund (M.68.46.2) In process |
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Bibliography | -?- In process |
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Exhibitions | -?- ? Paris, Modigliani, Galerie Bing et Cie, 1925 - nº 12 Brussels, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition. Palais des beaux-arts, 1933 - nº 72 (titled "la fille du peuple" - dated 1919) Basel, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthalle, 1934 ? ? Memphis, The Armand Hammer Collection, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, 1969 New York, Amedeo Modigliani; loan exhibition, Acquavella Galleries, 1971 - nº 50 (dated 1919) Palm Beach, The Armand Hammer Collection Five Centuries of Masterpieces, Norton Gallery of Art, 1981 Düsseldorf, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1991 - nº 85 Zurich, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunsthaus, 1991 - nº 85 Buffalo NY, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Albright-Knox Gallery, 2002-2003 - nº 31 Fort Worth, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Kimbell art Museum, 2003 - nº 31 Los Angeles, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2003 - nº 31 Washington D.C., Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Phillips Collection, 2005 London, Modigliani, Tate Modern, 2017-2018 In process |
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Other | Nº 72 in D' Atri papers as la fille du peuple) - 61 x 46 - dated 1919 - Provenance in Zborowski Collection, Paris ( in 1929) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Signature: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Detail of the ear where the drawing is clearly visible and is painted in color ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This painting was part of the Modigliani technical research study in 2018 Extract from: The Modigliani technical research study "Modigliani in the South of France" King, Centeno, Duvernois, Fronek, Townsend, T Burlington Magazine CLX - May 2018, pp. 394-399 ------------------------------------ In this painting the identification of the pigments is: 1.- Chrome yellow (Chromium and cadmium based) 2.- Lead and Zinc white 3.- Vermilion 4.- Ochre 5.- Prussian blue 6.- Bone black (or ivory black?) 7.- Chrome Orange? (barium observed) General Museum technical studies have reached the conclusion that is a very short palette, a simple range made with pre industrial oils (non artisan, but small scale industrial oils). in the background preparation: 1.- Lead white and probably Calcium based white ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The background of this painting is repeated in another painting: The same bed is also present in this painting: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The painting framed at London, Modigliani, Tate, 2017-2018: |
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