paul guillaume by amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 36 Nº 94 Nº 101 YES 39/1915 Nº 102 ? YES
Date 1915 (dated in September 1915)
Title Paul Guillaume - Paul Guillaume at his library
Materials Oil on cardboard (Ceroni, Parisot: canvas - in the 60's it was already as cardboard in all the publications of the museum - Wayne: oil on board - Parisot later say wood)
Size 74.9 x 52.1 cm (Ceroni: 75 x 52.5 )
Signature: Signed "modigliani" bottom right - text "PAUL GUILLAUME" in bottom left and dated "S/e/TT/E/M/BRE/1915 in low right - possible inscription in top center "SQ5 / M" ?
Actual Location Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, USA (Inv. Nº 1951.382)
Provenance

  • Paul Guillaume (acquired to the artist 1915)
    Mme. Walter (widow of Guillaume -Until 1929)
    C. Carstairs, New York
    Lockhart McKelvy Collection, Ohio

  • Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, USA (Inv. Nº 1951.382)
    Gift of Mrs. C. Lockhart McKelvy in 1951

Bibliography -?-

Waldemar, La grande peinture contemporaine a la collection Paul Guillaume, Paris, 1929, pp. 138, 142, 188 rep.
Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 6, pl. 18
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 36
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958, p. 50 - fg.56
The Toledo Museum of Art , The Collection of Mrs. C. Lockhart McKelvy, Toledo, 1964, pp. 20-21
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 94
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 101
The Toledo Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, European Paintings, Toledo, 1976, pp. 112-113, pl. 40
A Guide to the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 1966, repr.
Diehl, Modigliani, Ed. Flamarion, Paris, 1969, p. 32
"African Art," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 16, no. 2, 1973, p. 28, repr., fig. 1
The Toledo Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collections, Toledo, 1976, repr. p. 91
Hoog, Catalogue of the Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume Collection,  Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris 1984
Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Editions ACR, Paris, 1987, p. 110
Diehl, Modigliani, Crown Publishers, New York, 1989, p. 32
Ravin, Dr. James, M.C., "Modigliani," Ohio Medicine Magazine, December, 1991, repr. cover
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 nº 39/1915
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 102
Great French paintings from the Barnes Foundation, New York, 1993, fig. 11, p. 39.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Treasures, Toledo, 1995, p. 164
Von Matisse bis Dali; De Matisse a Dali, Bern, 1998, repr. p. 78
Roberts, Mary Nooter, Facing Africa: the AFrican art collection of the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 1998, p. 59
Wayne, Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse, Abrams-Albright-knox gallery, New York, 2002, p. 84
Fraquelli, Modigliani, Forth Worth and Paris, in Burlington Magazine, nº 145, 2003, pp. 254-255
Klein, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004-2005, p. 122, pl. 37
Fraquelli, Modigliani and His Models. Exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts. London, 2006 , p. 88 - nº 12
Sotheby's, New York, Impressionist & Modern Art: evening; auction catalogue - November 7, 2006, pp. 180-181, repr. (col.) p. 181, fig. 4
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks, Toledo, 2009, p. 308
Christies, Impressionist/Modern Evening Sale, London, p. 80, repr. (col.) 81
Sounjou SEO, Modigliani: Legend of Montparnasse, Seoul, Hangaram Arts Museum, 2015, pp. 58-59
Verdavaine, Stephanie et al., Amedeo Modigliani: The Inner Eye, France, Musee LaM and Gallimard, 2016, fig. 67

in process

Exhibitions -?-

Paris, la grande peinture contemporaine à la collection Paul Guillaume, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, 1929
Cambridge, Modigliani: Drawings from the Collection of Stefa and Leon Brillouin, Fogg Art Museum, 1959, p. 22
Toledo, The Toledo Museum of Art, The Collection of Mrs. C. Lockhart McKelvy, 1964, p. 20, repr. p. 21
Toledo, The Toledo Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, European Paintings, 1976, pp. 112-113, pl. 40
A Guide to the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 1966, repr.
"African Art," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 16, no. 2, 1973, p. 28, repr., fig. 1
Toledo, The Toledo Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collections, 1976, repr. p. 91
Paris, Modigliani, Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981 - nº 31
Tokyo, Modigliani exhibition, National Museum, 1985 - nº 52
Nagoya, Modigliani exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, 1985
Great French paintings from the Barnes Foundation, New York, 1993, fig. 11, p. 39
Toledo, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Treasures, 1995, p. 164
Bern, Von Matisse bis Dali; De Matisse a Dali, 1998, p. 78
Buffalo NY, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Albright-Knox Gallery, 2002-2003 - nº 7
Fort Worth, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Kimbell art Museum, 2003 - nº 7
Los Angeles, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2003 - nº 7
Toronto, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Art Gallery of Ontario, 2004 - 2005
Washington D.C., Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Phillips Collection, 2005
London, Modigliani and his models, Royal Academy of Arts, 2006 - nº 12
Bonn, Amedeo Modigliani: Ein Mythos der Moderne, Bundesrepublik, 2009 - nº 56 (as oil on wood)
Seoul, Amadeo Modigliani: Legend of Montparnasse, Hangaram Museum of Seoul Art Center, 2015
Villeneuve d'Ascq, L'oeil intérieur, LaM. Lille Métropole musée d'art moderne, 2016, fig. 67

in process

Other Nº 265 in D' Atri papers as oil on canvas - 74 x 51 cm - September 1915 - Paul Guillaume collection, Paris.

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The painting framed at the museum in 2016:

paul guillaume at his library

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