Maud Abrantes amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 6 (NO RECTO) Nº 22 Nº 7B YES 5/1908 Nº 12 B YES YES
Date 1907- 1908-1909 ?
Title Maud Abrantes (on recto nude woman with hat)
Materials Oil on Canvas
Size 81.3 x 53.3 cm (Maud Abrantes area: 60 x 50 cm - Klein 81 x 54)
Signature: Non signed - Text: A JAN ABRAN MO/ MODIGLIANI
Actual Location Hecht Museum, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel (Cat. Nº p-226a-b)
Provenance
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    Paul Alexandre collection, Paris.
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    Reuben and Edith Hecht
    Acquired in London, September 1983

    Hecht Museum University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel (Cat. Nº p-226a-b)

    In Process

Bibliography
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    Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 2 (Pfannstiel mentions only this side otf the painting
    Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956- n° 6 (with no metion on the recto painting, just mention the Maud Abrantes portrait)
    Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958- n°4 / 5
    Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 22
    Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 7A / 7B
    Mann, Mann, Modigliani, Thames & Hudson, 1980, pp. 40-41
    Castieau-Barrielle, Modigliani, Ed. AL Paris 1987
    Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo ed. Milano 1991-94 - nº 12 B
    Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani Tome II, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 5/1908
    Alexandre, The Unknown Modigliani: Drawings from the Collection of Paul Alexandre, 1993, p. 54-56
    Decrooq-Restellini, L'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2002, p.106, 109, nº 3 verso
    Klein, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004-2005, p. 90, pl. 4
  • Soto Caba, Modigliani, the timeless face, Libsa, 2007
    Klein, Modigliani Unmasked, The jewish Museum, New York, 2017

    In Process

Exhibitions
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    Cleveland, Ohio, Museum of Art, 1951
    New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1951
    Paris, Modigliani: l'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, 2002
    New York, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004
    Toronto, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Art Gallery of Ontario, 2004 - 2005
    Washington D.C., Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Phillips Collection, 2005
    Seoul, Amadeo Modigliani: Legend of Montparnasse, Hangaram Museum of Seoul Art Center, 2015
    New York, Modigliani unmasked, Jewish Museum, 2018

    In process


Other Pfannstiel includes the Maud Abrantes portrait as nº 6 but the woman with hat is not included (probably a mistake or he never saw the painting live?)

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In the Alexandre collection there is a possible sketch for this work:
sketch for maud abrantes portrait by amedeo modigliani


The painting just covers 4/5 of the size of the canvas on the lower side of the canvas that is not painted can be seen the export stamp from douane central paris:
complete maud abrantes
Detail
Stamp previous to the second World War (french stamps had another configuration during the occupation and after the war)

export stamp
  This painting present Nude woman with hat in the recto and under Maud another painting (probably a nude woman with hat).
ghost painting under maud abrantes portrait

View of the face of the lost painting:

vie of the face of the lost painting

This painting present the Nude woman with hat portrait in the back and under Maud another painting (probably a nude woman with hat).

both paintings front and back


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The painting framed at
Modigliani unmasked, Jewish Museum, 2018

The painting framed at Modigliani unmasked, Jewish Museum, 2018
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