the amazon by amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº9 Nº 27 Nº 21 YES 7/1909 Nº 27 YES YES
Date 1909 - Pfannstiel 1908
Title L' Amazon - Amazon - Baroness Marguerite de Hasse de Villers - The Equestrienne - the Amazon - The Riding Habit - Baroness Mettingen - The yellow corset
Materials Oil on Canvas
Size 92 x 65.6 cm (Parisot 74x 60 - Pfannstiel, Ceroni, Patani, Ireson 92 x 65 )
Signature: Signed "Modigliani" bottom left in red
Actual Location Private collection ?
Provenance

  • Paul Alexandre Collection, Paris
    Paul Guillaume, Paris (1929)
    Mme. Hostetler Coll. Paris
    Carstairs Gallery, New York
    Alex & Elizabeth Lewyt Coll. New Yok (acquired 1953)

    Sale Sotheby's NY- N08987 - Impressionist and Modern Evening Sale - 17 / May / 2013 - Lot 12
    Estimate: 20.000.00 - 30.000.000 USD - Sold: 25.925.000 USD

    Private collection?
Bibliography
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    Venezia, XIIIa Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte della città di Venezia, 1922 (¿?)
    Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 3
    Franchi, Modigliani, Arnaud, Firenze, 1944, pl. 2
    Franchi, Modigliani, Arnaud, Firenze, 1946, pl. 2
    San Lazzaro, Modigliani peintures, Les Éditions du Chêne, Paris, 1953, p. 4
    Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 9
    Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 - nº 17
    Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, Garzanti, Milano 1967, p.66
    Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, New York, 1968, p. 75
    Diehl, Modigliani, Ed. Flamarion, Paris, 1969, p. 11
    Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 27
    Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 21
    Kamon, Modigliani, Utrillo, 1971, nº 16, p. 195, fig. 4
    Ceroni, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani, Paris, 1972, nº 21
    Hall, Modigliani, Phaidon, Oxford, 1979, pl. 7
    Mann, Modigliani, Thames and Hudson, London, 1980, pl. 52
    Lassaigne, Tout Modigliani, la peinture, Paris, 1982, p. 16
    Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Paris, 1987, p. 35
    Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 7/1909
    Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 27
    Parisot, Modigliani, Paris, 1991, p. 23
    Parisot, Modigliani, Pierre Terrail, Paris, 1992, p. 23
    Alexandre, The Unknown Modigliani: Drawings from the Collection of Paul Alexandre, 1993, p. 86
    Durieu, Modigliani, Paris, 1995, p. 50, nº. 4
    D. Krystof, Amedeo Modigliani: The Poetry of Seeing, Taschen Cologne, 2000, p. 17
    Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, Modigliani, February-June 2006, p. 94
    Meyers, Modigliani: a life, Orlando, 2006 p. 52
    Soto Caba, Modigliani, the timeless face, Libsa, 2007
    Secrest, Modigliani: A life, New York, 2011 p. 125-125
    Ireson, Fraquelli, Modigliani, London, Tate Modern, Skira Rizzoli, London, 2017, p. 41
    Klein, Modigliani Unmasked, The jewish Museum, New York, 2017

    In process
Exhibitions -?-

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New York, Fine Arts Associates, Modigliani 1884-1920, 1954 - nº 1
Palm Beach, Society of the Four Arts & Miami, Lowe Gallery, Amedeo Modigliani, 1954 - nº 9
Buffalo, New York, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Fifty Paintings, 1905-1913, 1955 - nº 34
New York, Perls Gallery, Amedeo Modigliani, 1963
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Collects, 1968 - nº 105
New York, Amedeo Modigliani; loan exhibition, Acquavella Galleries, Inc. 1971 - nº 2
Paris, Modigliani, Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981 - nº 6, catalogue cover
Washington, D.C., The National Gallery of Art, Modigliani: An Anniversary Exhibition, 1983-84
Tokyo, Modigliani exhibition, National Museum, 1985 - nº 11
Nagoya, Modigliani exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, 1985 - nº 11
New York, The Jewish Museum, Gardens and Ghettos: The Art of Jewish Life in Italy, 1989-90 - nº 275
Martigny, Modigliani, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 1990 - nº 7
Tokyo, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, Tobu Museum of Art, 1992-93 - nº 8
Kyoto, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, Daimaru Museum, 1992-93 - nº 8
Osaka, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, Daimaru Museum of Umeda, 1992-93 - nº 8
Ibaraki, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, Museum of Modern Art, 1992-93 - nº 8
London, Modigliani, Tate Modern, 2017-2018
New York, Modigliani unmasked, Jewish Museum, 2018

In process
Other

Nº 258 in D' Atri files with a provenance in Paul Alexandre > Paul Guillaume in 1929

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1.- There is a very large number of sketches done for the portrait that remained at the Alexandre Collection.
2.- The portrayed was the girlfriend of Jean Alexandre and it was a commission, but the portrayed didn't wanted to pay the painting because the jacket that was a red ridding jacket was painted in yellow instead of red.

Image of the work at exhibition for Sotheby's auction 2013:

the amazone by amedeo modigliani for auction at sothebys framed

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