two heads or the ventriloquist amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
- - - - - - YES ?
Date 1907 ?
Title Two Heads or the Ventriloquist
Materials Oil on Canvas?
In the auction catalogue they say: Oil, pencil and traces of candle wax on cloth covered cardboard.
50 leaves with 50 drawings, one drawing with an inscription of the artist.
Size 23.5 x 15 cm
Signature: ?
Stamped with the collectors mark on the inside cover,
Actual Location Private Collection?
Provenance
  • Paul Alexandre, acquitred from the artist.
    Sold by Alexandre's inheritance at Sotheby's 20 Jun, 2006, Sale LO6009 - Lot 139 Solf for: GBP 232,000
    Private Collection?

Bibliography
  • Alexandre, The Unknown Modigliani: Drawings from the Collection of Paul Alexandre, 1993, Chapter 2 dedicated to this sketchbook, cat. nº 6.1-6.5
    Restellini, Modigliani et le primitivism, Nat. Museum of art Osaka / National Arts Center Tokio, 2008, nº 1
    Soto Caba, Modigliani, the timeless face, Libsa, 2007
Exhibitions
  • The Unknown Modigliani: Drawings from the Collection of Paul Alexandre, 1993 - 196 ( travelling show / Venice, Palazzo Grassi , London, Royal Academy of Arts, Madrid, Cologne, New York, Florence )
    Alexandre, The Unknown Modigliani: Drawings from the Collection of Paul Alexandre, 1993, Chapter 2 dedicated to this sketchbook, cat. nº 6.1-6.5
    Tokio, Modigliani et le primitivism, Nat. Arts Center, 2008
    Osaka, Modigliani et le primitivism, Nat. Museum of art, 2008
Other Wildentein Institute Certification signed by Restellini.
See "head of clown" frontal cover of the note book.
  This painting is the cover of a notebook of drawings

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