Portrait of Monsieur Deleu
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 78 Nº 138 Nº 152 YES 30/1916 YES ? ?
Date 1916
Title Portrait of Monsieur Deleu - Portrait of the writer Deleu
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 81.1 x 46.7 cm
Signature: Some authors say it is signed top right, but is not visible in images
Actual Location National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA (Inv. Nº 1963.10.76)
Provenance -?-
L. Zborowski, Paris
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Marcel Bernheim et Cie, Paris
Etienne Bignou, Paris
Chester Dale Collection, New York (acquired 1928)

Bequest 1963 to NGA.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA (Inv. Nº 1963.10.76)

In process

Bibliography -?-
Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 25 - nº 4
Dale, Modigliani, Knopf, New York, 1929, pl. 35
Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929 - nº 98
Formes, Paris, April 1931, pl. 6
Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. Philadelphia, 1943, as Portrait of Kisling
Jedlicka, Modigliani, E. Rentsch, Zürich, 1953, pl. 18
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 78
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 - nº 61
National Gallery of Art, Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965
National Gallery of Art, Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965
National Gallery of Art, European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968
Ceroni, Modigliani, Edizione del Milioni, 1968, nº 61
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 138
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 152
National Gallery of Art, European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984 - nº 905
National Gallery of Art,European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 30/1916
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007

In process

Exhibitions -?-
Amedeo Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Demotte, Inc., New York, 1931 - nº 4
Philadelphia,  Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1943-1951 as Portrait of Kisling
New York, Loan for display with permanent collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1954
Washington, D.C., The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965
Washington, D.C., Modigliani: An Anniversary Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, 1983-1984, exhibited in Washington only

In process

Other Not In D' Atri papers ?

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This painting presents holes in the 4 corners (2 of them covered by restoration)

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The Signature in top right that Pfannstiel / Parisot / Ceroni mention is not visible or it has been erased:
deleu top righht are under regular light
With digital infra red:
under digital infrared image

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Image of the painting framed atNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. in 2018

Image of the painting framed atNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. in 2018
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