the beggar of leghornamedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 17 Nº 32 Nº 24 YES 1/1909 Nº 26 YES YES
Date 1909
Title The beggar of Leghorn - The beggar of Livorno - Le paysan Italien - The beggar - Le mendiant de livourne - Portait of a man
Materials Oil on Canvas
Size 65.8 x 52.4 cm? (Ceroni 55 x 50 - Parisot 66 x 59 - Patani 65 x 54 - Ireson 67 x 54)
Signature: Signed "modigliani 1st August 09" / 'modigliani 1'août 09' - bottom right
Actual Location Private Collection ?
Provenance

  • Amedeo Modigliani
    Jean Alexandre, Paris, by March 1910.
    Paul Alexandre, Paris, by whom inherited from the above in 1913
    Blaise Cendrars, Paris
    Private Collection?

    Sale: Christie's, London, Sale 6882 - Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale London | 2February 2004
    Lot 37 Estimate: $ 728,800 - $1,093,200 - sold for: $ 907,447 usd

Private Collection?
Bibliography
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    Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 4
    R. Franchi, Modigliani, Florence, 1944, pl. 3
    R. Franchi, Modigliani, Florence, 1947, pl. 3
    N. Ponente, Commentari, Rome, 1952
    J. Lipchitz, Amedeo Modigliani, New York, 1954, pl. 3
    Jeanne Modigliani, Modigliani: Man and Myth, Orion Press, New York, 1958, pl. 21 (dated 1909 and located in 1958 at the Alexandre Coll. Paris)
    Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - n° 17
    Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 - nº 20
    F. Russoli, Amedeo Modigliani, Milano, 1958.
    Jeanne Modigliani, Modigliani sans légende1961, nº 21
    Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, Garzanti, Milano 1967, p. 70
    Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, 1968
    Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 32
    Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 24
    Mann, Modigliani, Thames and Hudson, London, 1980, p. 53
    Carluccio, Leymarie, Negri, Russoli, Brunhammer, École de Paris, Rive Gauche, Paris, 1981, p.201
    C. Roy Modigliani, Paris, 1985, p. 28.
    Werner, Modigliani, Harry N. Abrams, NY, 1985, p. 56-57
    Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Editions ACR Paris, 1987, page 47
    Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 nº 1/1909, rep. p. 35
    Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo ed. Milano 1991-94
    Parisot, Modigliani, Pierre Terrail, Paris, 1992, p. 18
    D. Krystof, Amedeo Modigliani: The Poetry of Seeing, Taschen Cologne, 2000, p. 22
    Decrooq-Restellini, L'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2002, p.122-123, nº 9
    Soto Caba, Modigliani, the timeless face, Libsa, 2007
    Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Modigliani y su tiempo, 2008
    Restellini, La Collection Jonas Netter, Pinacotheque de Paris, 2012, p.102
    Ireson, Fraquelli, Modigliani, London, Tate Modern, Skira Rizzoli, London, 2017, p. 37


    In process

Exhibitions
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    Paris, 26e Exposition, Société des Artistes Indépendants, Cours-la-Reine, 1910 - nº 3690 (the Société catalogue specifies the owner as Monsieur Jean Alexandre)
    Venezia, Mostra retrospettiva di Modigliani – Curated by Lionello Venturi - Biennale di Venezia , Sala XII degli Appels d'Italie, 1930 - nº 33
    Brussels, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition. Palais des beaux-arts, 1933 - nº 3 (as the italian paysan)
    Basel, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthalle, 1934
    Cleveland, Modigliani: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Cleveland Museum of Art,1951
    New York, Modigliani: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, 1951
    Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cent tableaux de Modigliani, 1958 - nº 7
    Milano, Palazzo Reale, Mostra di Amedeo Modigliani, 1958 - nº 5
    Liege, Musée Saint-Georges, 1980
    Paris, Modigliani: l'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, 2002 - nº 9
    Milano, Modigliani: l'ange au visage grave, Palazzo Reale, 2003 - nº 8
    Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Modigliani y su tiempo, 2008
    Bonn, Amedeo Modigliani: Ein Mythos der Moderne, Bundesrepublik, 2009 - nº 9
    London, Modigliani, Tate Modern, 2017-2018

    In process
Other

Nº 3 in D' Atri files as le paysan italien with provenance in Alexandre Coll.

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signature:

signature

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Detail of the ear where the drawing is clearly visible and is painted over the color (on top of the color)

ears


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Photo inside the Delta studios dated June 1912 of a chess match, the painting can be seen in the left wall.

playing chess inside the delta studios in 1912- the beggar can be seen on the left wall


The painting pre and post cleaning:

images pre and post cleaning of the beggar of leghorn by amedeo modigliani
 
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