Lunia Czechowska with a beret
Oil on canvas?, 1919?
Identification
- Published titles
- English: Lunia with hat / beret / Portrait of Pady seated / Portrait in black and green / Woman with black beret.
- Date
- 1919 in Lanthemann, Ceroni and Patani. Pfannstiel dates the canvas 1918.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas, unconfirmed in this investigation.
- Dimensions
- 80 × 53.3 cm, unconfirmed. Ceroni and Patani give 81 × 54 cm.
- Signature
- Signed modigliani at top right? (visual inspection over the printed image).
- Present location
- Private collection? Present location unknown. Listed as lost by Ceroni (no. 317) and Patani (no. 331).
Catalogue numbers
| Compiler | Number |
|---|---|
| Arthur Pfannstiel | no. 282 |
| Joseph Lanthemann | no. 377 |
| Ambrogio Ceroni | no. 317 |
| Jeanne Modigliani | YES |
| Christian Parisot | ? |
| Osvaldo Patani | no. 331 |
| Modigliani Project | ? |
| MR | YES |
| 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
- Bignou, Paris (1929).
- Alex Reid & Lefevre, London.
- Frank Crowninshield Collection, New York (previous to 1929).
- De Hauke & Co., New York (1929, Frank Crowninshield Collection, New York ).
- Thereafter unknown.
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.
- Maud Dale, 1929.1
- Arthur Pfannstiel, 1929 presumed catalogue, pp. 46–47, 121.2
- Arthur Pfannstiel, 1956, no. 282, as Woman with black beret, dated 1918.3
- Joseph Lanthemann, 1970, no. 377, as Lunia Czechowska with beret, dated 1919. Lanthemann mentions other versions; they are not identified in this investigation.4
- Ambrogio Ceroni and Leone Piccioni, 1970, no. 317, listed as lost.5
- Osvaldo Patani, 1991–94, no. 331, listed as lost.6
- MR, Luxembourg 2002, mentioned as original, p. 380.7
Exhibitions
- London, Alex Reid & Lefevre, 1929.
- New York, De Hauke & Co., 1929, no. 19 — Portrait in black and green
Canvas: 21 1/4 × 31 1/4 inches (54 × 79.4 cm) - From the collection of Mr. Frank Crowninshield. - Chicago, Arts Club of Chicago, 1929.
Notes
D’Atri papers no. 178, as Portrait en Mme Czechowska, oil on canvas, 80 × 53 cm; no further data.
This investigation records that the painting has not been seen in person or in a reliable colour reproduction.
The documentation assembled for this investigation marked several fields as still being checked. The facts above are those already published; where sources disagree, both readings are given.
Footnotes
- Maud Dale, Modigliani, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1929.
- 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.
- Osvaldo Patani, Modigliani. Catalogo generale, Milan, Leonardo, 1991–94.
- MR, Modigliani: l’ange au visage grave, Paris, Musée du Luxembourg, 2002.