Study for the Cellist by amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 16 Nº 35 Nº 22(a) YES 8/1909 Nº 29 A / 29 B YES YES
Date 1909
Title Study for the cello player - Étude pour le violoncelliste (verso study for a portrait of Constantin Brancusi)
Materials Oil on Canvas
Size 73 x 60 cm (Parisot: 74x 60 cm)
Signature: Signed "modigliani" bottom right
Actual Location Abello collection, Madrid
Provenance
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    Paul Alexandre Collection, Paris
    Private collection, France
    Abello collection, Madrid

    In process
Bibliography
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    Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 4
    Taguchi, Modigliani, Alier-Sha Tokyo, 1936
    Franchi, Modigliani, Arnaud, Firenze, 1946, pl. 5
    Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1951, p. 18
    M. Reynal, Genéve, 1951, p. 1
    Lipchitz, Amedeo Modigliani, H.N. Abrams, New York, 1952, p. 7
    Lipchitz, Amedeo Modigliani, H.N. Abrams, New York, 1953, pl. 2
    Lipchitz, Amedeo Modigliani, H.N. Abrams, New York, 1954, pl. 12
    Rivista di Livorno, Omaggio a Amedeo Modigliani, Livorno, 1954, p. 5
    T. Soby, Modigliani, Museum of Modern art, New York, catalogue exp. 1954, p. 14
    Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - n° 16
    Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 - nº 18
  • Gindertael, shop livre diffusion, 1967 p. 2
    Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, Garzanti, Milano 1967, p. 68
    Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, 1968, p. 79
    Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 35
    Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 22A
    Arno, New York 1972, p. 18
    Hubbard, Modigliani and the painters of Montparnasse, Lamplight Publ. New York, 1975, p. 12 , pl. 2 (size 73 x 60 cm. Alexandre Coll.)
    Mann, Modigliani, Thames and Hudson, London, 1980, pp.54/59
    Carluccio, Leymarie, Negri, Russoli, Brunhammer, École de Paris, Rive Gauche, Paris, 1981, p. 200
  • C. Roy Modigliani, Paris, 1985, p. 26
    Werner, Modigliani, Harry N. Abrams, NY, 1985, p. 54-55
    Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Editions ACR Paris, 1987, page 48
    Braun, Italian Art, 1988, p.60
    Parisot, Modigliani, Editions Graphis Arte Paris, 1988, p. 34
    Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 nº 8/1909
    Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo ed. Milano 1991-94, nº 29 A (verso Brancusi 29 B
    Parisot, Modigliani, Pierre Terrail, Paris, 1992, p. 20
    Alexandre, The Unknown Modigliani: Drawings from the Collection of Paul Alexandre, 1993, p. 48
    D. Krystof, Amedeo Modigliani: The Poetry of Seeing, Taschen Cologne, 2000, p. 18
    Soto Caba, Modigliani, the timeless face, Libsa, 2007
    Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Modigliani y su tiempo, 2008
    Restellini, Le silence éternel, Pinacotheque de Paris, 2008, p. 26 (with the mistake of taking the study for the final painting, giving the measures and data of the final but presenting the photo of the study)
    Dallas, Meadows museum, The Abelló Collection: A Modern Taste for European Masters, 2015
    Ireson, Fraquelli, Modigliani, London, Tate Modern, Skira Rizzoli, London, 2017, pp. 34-35

    In process
Exhibitions -?-

Paris, 26e Exposition, Société des Artistes Indépendants, Cours-la-Reine, 1910 - nº 3688
Brussels, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition. Palais des beaux-arts, 1933 - nº 12
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
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Cat. Arno, 1972.
London - Munich, Italian Art, 1988
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Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Modigliani y su tiempo, 2008
Dallas, Meadows museum, The Abelló Collection: A Modern Taste for European Masters, 2015
London, Modigliani, Tate Modern, 2017-2018

In process
Other

Nº 5 in D' Atri files as The cello player, studio with a provenance in Alexandre with mention to painting of Brancusi in verso.

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signature:

signature


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Painted both sides, in verso portrait of Brancusi:

portrait of Brancusi by amedeo modigliani
Photo of Constantin Brancusi, the sitter:
photo of constantine brancusi sitter for the portrait

This portrait present the stamp placed by the French export authorities used during the 30's, probably for the exportation done to Japan for an exhibition in 1933.

stamps placed on the back on the cello player

First Stamp: Configuration used during the 30's
Second Stamp: Configuration used during the 40's -50's

Image of the changes in color after cleaning:

changes of color caused by yellowing of varnish on the cellist study by amedeo modigliani
Image of the painting inside the delta studio (Ca. 1910) where the painting can be seen in the wall:

mage of the painting inside the delta studio (Ca. 1910) where the painting can be seen in the wall
Image of the painting framed at the Modigliani Tate Gallery Exhibition in 2017

vie of the cello player study at the tate gallery exhibit 2017
verso:
verso-brancusi portrait
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