Bust of a Young Woman
Oil on canvas?, 1919?
Identification
- Published titles
- English: Bust of a Young Woman.
- Date
- Dated 1919 at top left, according to this investigation.
- Medium
- Recorded as oil on canvas (unconfirmed).
- Dimensions
- 46 × 29 cm (unconfirmed).
- Signature
- Signed modigliani at top right and dated 1919 at top left.
- Present location
- Collection unknown.
Catalogue numbers
| Compiler | Number |
|---|---|
| Arthur Pfannstiel | NO |
| Joseph Lanthemann | NO |
| Ambrogio Ceroni | NO |
| Jeanne Modigliani | ? |
| Christian Parisot | ? |
| Osvaldo Patani | NO |
| 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
- Not documented before the Rollonok collection (the name is given as printed in this investigation).
- Rollonok Collection, Paris.
- Galerie Zborowski, Paris.
- George Gershwin Collection, Los Angeles (acquired from Zborowski).
- Subsequent ownership not documented.
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.
- Atlanta Art Association, The Art of Amedeo Modigliani, Atlanta, 1960 (page reference incomplete in this investigation).
Exhibitions
- Atlanta, Atlanta Art Association, The Art of Amedeo Modigliani, 1960.
- Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Modigliani: Paintings and Drawings, 1961, no. 39.
- Los Angeles County Museum, 1961, no. 39.
Notes
Not listed in the D’Atri papers.
This investigation notes that the work has not been examined in person and, in several cases, not even in a reliable colour reproduction.
The original page of this investigation marked several fields as still being checked. The facts above are those already published; where the sources disagree, both readings are given.
