Jean Alexandre by amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 8 Nº 29 Nº 16 YES 12 /1909 Nº 20A /20B YES YES
Date 1909 (recto) - Pfannstiel 1908
Title Jean Alexandre portrait (verso Seated Nude - Ceroni and Pfannstiel never included the verso painting)
Materials Oil on Canvas
Size 81 x 60 cm (Parisot: 74x 60 cm)
Signature: Unsigned
Actual Location Private collection?
Provenance
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    Jean Alexandre Collection, Paris
    Dr. Paul Alexandre Collection, Paris (1913)
    Jeanne Bréfort, Paris (1966)
    Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland (in1990 to 1999)
    John C. Whitehead Collection, NY (2015)

    Sold Christie's NY
    Sale 3736 - Impressionist and Modern Evening Sale - 14-May-2015 - Lot 3
    Estimate: 500.00 - 700.000 USD Final: 7.557.000 USD

    Private collection?

    In process

Bibliography
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    Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 3
    Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 8
    Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 - nº 14
    Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, Garzanti, Milano 1967, p. 62
    Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, 1968, pp. 70- 71
    Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 29
    Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 16
    Mann, Modigliani, Thames and Hudson, London, 1980, p. 51
    Catalogue exposition Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981, p. 102
    C. Roy Modigliani, Paris, 1985, p. 32
    Castieau-Barrielle,La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani. Editions ACR Paris, 1987, page 45
    Whitehead, Montclair Art Museum, Late XIX and Early XX Century French Masters: the John C. Whitehead Collection, 1989
    Catalogue  Exp. F. Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, 1990, page 85 - n° 9
    Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 12/1909
    Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo ed. Milano 1991-94 - nº 20a (verso 20b)
    Tokyo, Tobu Museum, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, 1992-1993, nº 6 and 7 pp. 64 and 66,(recto and verso illustrated in color, pp. 65 and 67)
    Osaka, Daimaru Museum, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, 1992-1993, nº 6 and 7 pp. 64 and 66,(recto and verso illustrated in color, pp. 65 and 67)
    Ibaraki, Mito, Museum Art, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, 1992-1993, nº 6 and 7 pp. 64 and 66,(recto and verso illustrated in color, pp. 65 and 67)
    Alexandre, The Unknown Modigliani: Drawings from the Collection of Paul Alexandre, 1993, p. 82-83
    Bruges, Stichting Sint-Jan, Der unbekannte Modigliani: Zeichnungen aus Sammlung Paul Alexandre, 1994, p. 82 (recto illustrated in color, p. 83)
    Geneva, Petit Palais, Musée d'art moderne, Montmartre vivant de Toulouse-Lautrec à Utrillo, 1996, p. 22
    Mexico, Museo Olmedo, Montparnasse: los contemporáneos de Diego Rivera, 1998, nº 35a and 35b pp. 105-106 and 145, (recto and verso illustrated in color, pp. 104-105 and 107)
    Monti a cura de R. Chiappini, Catalogue Amedeo Modigliani, Lugano, Skira, 1999, pp. 30-31, no. 4 (verso illustrated in color, p. 30; recto illustrated in color, p. 31)
    Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Modigliani e i suoi, October-December 2000, pp. 212-213, no. 140 (recto and verso illustrated in color)
    Decrooq-Restellini, L'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2002, p.114-115, nº 6 (recto illustrated in color, pp. 115-116; verso illustrated in color, p. 117)
    Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, Modigliani, February-June 2006, p. 130, no. 4 (recto illustrated in color. pp. 131-132; verso in illustrated in color, p. 133)
    Meyers, Modigliani: a life, Orlando, 2006 p. 51-51
    Soto Caba, Modigliani, the timeless face, Libsa, 2007
    Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Modigliani, March-May 2007, pp. 36-37, no. 6 (recto and verso illustrated in color)
    Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Modigliani y su tiempo, February-March 2008, pp. 59-50, nos. 11a and 11b (recto and verso illustrated in color)
    Nagoya City Art Museum; Himeji City Museum of Art and Iwate Museum of Art, Modigliani. A Retrospective, April-October 2008, pp. 43 and 44 (recto and verso illustrated illustrated in color, pp. 43 and 45)
    Evian, Palais Lumière, La Ruche, February-May 2009, p. 69 (recto and verso illustrated in color)
    Gallarate, Museo Arte, Il mistico profano: Omaggio a Modigliani, March-June 2010, p.128, no. 5 (recto and verso illustrated in color, pp. 30-31)
    Saint-Tropez, Musée de l'Annonciade, Amedeo Modigliani, July-October 2010, pp. 18-19 (recto and verso illustrated in color)
    Secrest, Modigliani: A life, New York, 2011 p. 125-125
    Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Modigliani et l'Ecole de Paris, June-November 2013, p. 26 (recto and verso illustrated in color, pp. 24-25)
    Ireson, Fraquelli, Modigliani, London, Tate Modern, Skira Rizzoli, London, 2017, pp. 32-33

    In process
Exhibitions -?-

Roma, Modigliani, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna,  1959 - nº 6
Paris, Modigliani, Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981 - nº 3/3bis
New Jersey, Montclair Art Museum, Late XIX and Early XX Century French Masters: the John C. Whitehead Collection, 1989
Martigny, Modigliani, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 1990 - nº 9
Düsseldorf, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1991
Zurich, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunsthaus, 1991
Geneva, Palexpo, Modigliani, 1992
Tokyo, Tobu Museum, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, 1992-1993 - nº 6 and 7
Osaka, Daimaru Museum, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, 1992-1993 - nº 6 and 7
Ibaraki, Mito, Museum Art, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, 1992-1993 - nº 6 and 7
Bruges, Stichting Sint-Jan, Der unbekannte Modigliani: Zeichnungen aus Sammlung Paul Alexandre, 1994, p. 82
Tokyo, Fujisankei Communications Group, Modigliani, 1994
Madrid, Museo Nacional, Centre de Arte Reina Sofia, Modigliani, 1995-1996
Geneva, Petit Palais, Musée d'art moderne, Montmartre vivant de Toulouse-Lautrec à Utrillo, 1996, p. 22
Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Modigliani, dessins et peintures, 1996
Mexico, Museo Olmedo, Montparnasse: los contemporáneos de Diego Rivera, 1998 - nº 35a and 35b
Cairo, Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum, 1998
Museo d'Arte Moderna della Città di Lugano, Amedeo Modigliani, 1999 - nº 4
Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Modigliani e i suoi, 2000 - nº 140
Paris, Modigliani: l'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, 2002 - nº 6
Milano, Modigliani: l'ange au visage grave, Palazzo Reale, 2003 - nº 5
Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, Modigliani, 2006 - nº 4
Moscow, Meeting Modigliani, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, 2007 - nº 6
Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Modigliani y su tiempo, 2008 - nº 11a and 11b
Nagoya City Art Museum, Modigliani. A Retrospective, 2008, pp. 43, 44
Himeji City Museum of Art, Modigliani. A Retrospective,2008, pp. 43, 44
Iwate Museum of Art, Modigliani. A Retrospective, 2008, pp. 43, 44
Evian, Palais Lumière, La Ruche, 2009, p. 69 (recto and verso illustrated in color)
Gallarate, Museo Arte, Il mistico profano: Omaggio a Modigliani, 2010 - nº 5
Saint-Tropez, Musée de l'Annonciade, Amedeo Modigliani, 2010, p. 18,19
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Modigliani et l'Ecole de Paris, 2013 - nº 1
Pisa, Palazzo Blu, Amedeo Modigliani et ses amis, 2014- 2015 - nº 13a and 13b
Villeneuve d'Ascq, L'oeil intérieur, LaM. Lille Métropole musée d'art moderne, 2016
Budapest, Modigliani, Hungarian National Gallery, 2016
Helsinki, Modigliani, Ateneum Art Museum, 2016-2017
London, Modigliani, Tate Modern, 2017-2018

In process
Other


Nº 257 in D' Atri with a mention that in the back of the painting (VERSO) there is a nude portrait, provenance in Alexandre

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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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Painted both sides, in verso seated nude:
seated nude- verso jean alexandre 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.

stamp on seated nude verso portrait of jean alexandre

Stamp: Configuration used last 50's giving the date 1959 for the export to the Rome exhibition.

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 work at exhibition for Christie's auction:
christies, john whitehead collection for auction

Christies -seated nude whitehead colelction exhibit

Image of the painting framed at the Modigliani Tate Gallery Exhibition in 2017


jean alexandre-tate gallery

jean alexandre at the tate gallery exhibition

verso:
nude verso at the tate gallery exhibit 2017

The painting in LAM Exhibit in 2016:
Jean Alexandre, next to his father jean baptiste in LAM Villeneuve d asq

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