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Date | 1916 - 1919 ? | ||||||||||||||||
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Title | Frans Hellens - Franz Hellens | ||||||||||||||||
Materials | Oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||
Size | 46 x 34 cm? | ||||||||||||||||
Signature: | Signed "modigliani" top right | ||||||||||||||||
Actual Location | Private Collection? | ||||||||||||||||
Provenance | -?- Delporte Collection, Brussels (acquired previously to1933) Unknown (1956-1958) Georges Daelemans Collection, Brussels (acquired 1958?) Sale: Christie's, New York, 13 / November / 1984 - Lot 128 Private Collection Sale: Sotheby's, London, 10 / February / 2011 - Lot 16 Estimate: 2.000.000 - 3.000.000 GBP - Sold: 3.513.250 GBP Private Collection In process |
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Bibliography | -?- Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 312 - titled Le Poete Franz Hellens - dated 1917 Hellens, Documents Secrets, 1905-1956. Histoire sentimentale de mes livres et quelques amitiés, Paris, 1958, p. 78 Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 351 - titled Man portrait - dated 1919 Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 285 - titled Frans Hellens - dated 1919 Ceroni & Cachin, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani, Paris, 1972 - nº 285 - titled Frans Hellens - dated 1919 Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Modigliani exhib. cat., 1981 - nº 78 - titled Frans Hellens - dated 1919 Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007 In process |
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Exhibitions | -?- Brussels, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition. Palais des beaux-arts, 1933 - nº 78 Brussels, Frans Hellens, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, 1957 Paris, Cent Tableaux de Modigliani, Galerie Charpentier, 1958 - nº 32 - dated in 1916 Paris, Ecole de Paris dans les Collections Belges, Musée National d'Art Moderne, 1959 - nº 112 - dated in 1916 Brussels, Modigliani, Musée des Beaux-Arts , 1965 Mons, Modigliani, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 1965 Liege, Modigliani exhibition. Musée Saint Georges, 1980 - nº 22 - dated 1918 Paris, Modigliani, Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981 - nº 78 - dated in 1919 Martigny, Modigliani, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 1990 - nº 99 In process |
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Other | Nº 78 in D'Atri papers - dated in 1919 with a long description talking about the magnificent image, no provenance, only Delporte Collection in 1933 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Detail of the signature: Detail of signature in infra red to see it more clear: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The eyes are the classical Modigliani style from the period: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Detail of the ears where the drawing is clearly visible and is painted in color |
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