constantin Brancusi -amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
NO NO Nº 22(b) YES 8bis/1909 Nº 29 B ? YES
Date 1909
Title Study for a portrait of Constantin Brancusi (recto study for the cello player)
Materials Oil on Canvas
Size 73 x 60 cm (Parisot: 74x 60 cm)
Signature: unsigned
Actual Location Abello collection, Madrid
Provenance
  • -?-
    Paul Alexandre Collection, Paris
    Private collection, France
    Abello collection, Madrid

    In process
Bibliography
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    Roy , Modigliani, Skira, Lausanne, 1958, p. 27
    Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 22 b
    Mann, Modigliani, Thames and Hudson, London, 1980, p. 59
  • Roy, Modigliani, Nathan, Paris, 1985, p. 30
    Castieau-Barrielle, Modigliani, Editions Graphis Arte Paris, 1988, p. 52
    Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 8bis/1909
    Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo ed. Milano 1991-94 - nº 29 B (Recto studio Cello player 29 A)
    Alexandre, The Unknown Modigliani: Drawings from the Collection of Paul Alexandre, 1993, p. 42
    D. Krystof, Amedeo Modigliani: The Poetry of Seeing, Taschen Cologne, 2000, p. 20
    Soto Caba, Modigliani, the timeless face, Libsa, 2007
    Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Modigliani y su tiempo, 2008
    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 -?-

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 a mention in the recto: The cello player, studio with a provenance in Alexandre.

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Painted both sides, in recto study for the cello player:

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 painting framed at the Modigliani Tate Gallery Exhibition in 2017
verso-brancusi portrait
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