moise kisling by amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 44 Nº 102 Nº 98 YES 40/1915 Nº 101 YES YES
Date 1915
Title Moise Kisling
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 37 x 29 cm (Pfannstiel, Ceroni, Parisot, Klein, Restellini: 37 x 28)
Signature: Signed "modigliani / 1915" and the text "KISLING"
Actual Location Picacoteca di Brera, Milano, Italy ( Inv. Nº 5037)
Provenance
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    Paul Guillaume Collection, Paris (1914/16-1929/30)
    Galleria del Milione, Milano (1930)?
    Della Laterna Collection, Milano ?
    E. Jesi Collection, Milano (1930-1976)

    Sale: Hotel Drouot, Paris - 30 April 1941 / Me Bellier / as nº 7211 — Sold for 14.900 FF
    (this means that the previous provenance must be false, so it is probably a work with a not clear origin during the war LINK)


    Picacoteca di Brera, Milano, Italy ( Inv. Nº 5037)
    Donated by Emilio and Maria Jesi in 1976
Bibliography -?-

Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 1 - nº 1
Georges-Michel, Les Montparnos, Paris, 1929
Exh. Cat. Associazione fra gli amatori e i cultori delle arti figurative contemporanee, Milano, 1946, pl. 5
Carrieri, 12 opere di Amedeo Modigliani, Ed. del Milione, Milano 1947, pl. 3
Carrieri, 12 opere di Amedeo Modigliani, Ed. del Milione, Milano 1950, pl. 3
Jedlicka, Modigliani, E. Rentsch, Zürich, 1953, pl. 17
Lipchitz, Amedeo Modigliani,H.N. Abrams, New York 1953, pl. 17 /1954 - pl.18
Haftman, Malereo im XXen Jahrhundert, Munchen, 1955, p. 289
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 44
Russoli, Amedeo Modigliani, Exhib. catalogue Palazzo Reale, Edizioni dell'ente manifestazioni Milanesi, Milano, 1958, pl. 12
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 nº 54
Scheiwiller, Arte Moderna Italiana nº 8 Amedeo Modigliani, U. Hoepli Ed. Zurich, 1958, pl. 32
Werner, Amedeo Modigliani , H. Abrams, New York 1966, pp. 90-91
Gindertael, Shop libre diffusion, 1967, pl. 11
Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, Cercle d'art, Paris,1968, p. 98
Ponente, 1969, nº 14
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 102
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 98
Valsecchi, Arte Moderna a Milano, Ed. Cariplo, Milano, 1976, p. 116
Diehl, Modigliani, Ed. Flamarion, Paris, 1977, p. 56
Zurcher, Modigliani, Ed. F. Hazan, Paris, 1980, nº 6
Carluccio, Leymarie, Negri, Russoli, Brunhammer, École de Paris, Rive Gauche, Paris, 1981, p. 210
Modigliani J. Racconta Modigliani, Ed. Graphis. 1984, p. 97
Modigliani J., Gli anni della scultura, Mondadori, Milan 1984, p. 98
Modigliani J. Racconta Modigliani, Paris, 1984, p. 97
Catalogue National Museum Tokyo, 1985 - nº 50
Catalogue Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, 1985
Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Editions ACR, Paris, 1987, p. 103
Mondadori, Modigliani a Montparnasse, Mondadori, Milano, 1988, p. 41
Buisson, La scuola di Parigi e Modigliani, Graphis Arte , 1989, p. 129
Schmalenbach, Amedeo Modigliani, Prestel, Munich, 1990, p. 87 - nº 38
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 nº 40/1915
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 101
Parisot, Modigliani, Pierre Terrail, Paris, 1992, p. 57
Kruszynski. Amedeo Modigliani: Portraits and Nudes. Munich, 1996, p. 35
Krystof, Amedeo Modigliani: The Poetry of Seeing, Taschen, Cologne, 2000, p. 44
Decrooq-Restellini, L'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2002, pp. 216-217
Klein, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004-2005, p. 123, pl. 38
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007
Marini, Modigliani , Skira, France, 2008 - nº 23, p. 57
Restellini, La Collection Jonas Netter, Pinacotheque de Paris, 2012, p. 104 (located in Private Collection, and size 37 x 28 cm)

in process

Exhibitions -?-

Paris, Modigliani, Galerie Bing et Cie, 1925 - nº 8 titled "Le peintre Kisling"
Paris, la grande peinture contemporaine à la collection Paul Guillaume, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, 1929
Milano, Associazione fra gli amatori e i cultori delle arti figurative contemporanee, 1946 - nº 5
Bruxelles, Modigliani. Palais des beaux-arts, 1950 - nº 64
Amsterdam, Modigliani, Stedelijk Museum, 1950
London, Tate Gallery 1950
Paris, Cent Tableaux de Modigliani, Galerie Charpentier, 1958 - nº 29
Marseille, Musée Cantini, 1958 - nº 6
Milano, Mostra di Amedeo Modigliani, Palazzo Reale, Curated by Franco Russoli, 1958 - nº 6
Roma, Modigliani, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna,  1959 - nº 11
Frankfurt, Steinernes Haus, 1963 - nº 10
Edinburgh, Modigliani, Royal Scottish Academy, 1963 - nº 17
London, Modigliani, Tate Gallery, 1963 - nº 17
Barcelona, Modigliani, Centro Cultural de la Caixa de pensiones,Curated by Christian Parisot, 1983 -nº 20
Madrid, Modigliani, Sala de exposiciones la caja de pensiones, Curated by Christian Parisot, 1983 -nº 20
Livorno, Gli anni della scultura, Villa Maria 1984- nº 29
Tokyo, Modigliani exhibition, National Museum, 1985 - nº 50
Nagoya, Modigliani exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, 1985
Verona, Modigliani a Montparnasse, Palazzo Forti, 1988
Düsseldorf, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1991 - nº 29
Zurich, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunsthaus, 1991 - nº 29
Paris, Modigliani: l'ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, 2002 - nº 36
Milano, Modigliani: l'ange au visage grave, Palazzo Reale, 2003 - nº 28
New York, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004
Genova, Modigliani, Palazzo Duccale, 2017

in process

Other
Nº 271 in D' Atri papers - oil on canvas - 37 x 28 cm - dated 1915 - in the Guillaume Coll. by 1929

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Signature of the painting:

signature

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Detail of the ears where the drawing is clearly visible and is painted in color

ears


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This painting have clear holes in the 4 corners:
4 holes in the corners of moise kisling portrait

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Image of the painting at the usual location in Pinacoteca di Brera in 2017:

image of the painting at pinacoteca di brera in milano in 2017
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This painting was present at the Genova Exhibit of the forgery scandal in 2017and was damaged in the press exhibited as a fake.

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Reconstruction of the Guillaume collections at the Orangerie Museum, this painting is included:

guillaume house with the painting
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