caryatid- coffee bean by amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 21 Nº 532 Nº 35 YES 2/1913 Nº 39 YES YES
Date 1911-12 - 13 ?
Title Caryatid bended Knee - the coffee bean - Caryatid
Materials Oil on Canvas
Size 72.9 x 50,1 cm ( Ceroni, Pfannstiel - 73 x 50 - Parisot, Patani 72.5 x 50 - Restellini 75.5 x 50 - d'Atri 73 x 50 - Klein 72.5 x 50)
Signature: Unsigned
Actual Location Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf ( Inv. Nº 0128)
Provenance
Amedeo Modigliani
Paul Alexandre (1929 still in his possesion)
Galerie Berggruen, Paris
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Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf since 1962

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Bibliography
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    Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 5
    Jedlicka, Modigliani, E. Rentsch, Zürich, 1953, pl. 8
    Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 21
    Roy , Modigliani, Skira, Lausanne, 1958, p. 48
    F. Russoli, Amedeo Modigliani, Milano, 1958 p. 22
    Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 - nº 27
    Jeanne Modigliani, Modigliani: Man and Myth, Orion Press, New York, 1958, p. 64-75
    Roy , Modigliani, Skira, Lausanne, 1958, p. 48
    Russoli, Amedeo Modigliani, Exhib. catalogue Palazzo Reale, Edizioni dell'ente manifestazioni Milanesi, Milano, 1958, p. 22
    Modigliani J. , Modigliani sans légende, Gruend, Paris, 1961, p. 64,75
    Catalogue Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 1968, p. 54
    Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, 1968, p. 42
    Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1968, p. 42
    Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 532, dated in 1911
    Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 35
    Nakayama, 1974, pl. 3
    Schmalenbach, Picasso to Lichtenstein : masterpieces of twentieth-century art from this Nordrhein-Westfalen collection in Düsseldorf, Tate Gallery Publications, 1974 - nº 89, pp.200-201
    Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981, p. 107, Nº 12
    Parisot, Modigliani, caja de pensiones, ed. Poligrafía, Barcelona, 1983, p. 79, nº 8
    Jeanne Modigliani, Racconta Modigliani, Graphis Arte 1984, page 225
    C. Roy Modigliani, Paris, 1985, p. 49
    Tokyo, Modigliani, Orion press, 1989, nº 3
    Anna Ceroni, les nus, 1989, p. 44
    Schmalenbach, Amedeo Modigliani, Prestel, Munich, 1990, p. 11 - nº 9
    Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 2/1913
    Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 39
    Parisot, Modigliani, Pierre Terrail, Paris, 1992, p.46
    Decrooq-Restellini, L'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2002, p.148-149, nº 15
    Klein, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, Jewish Museum, New York, 2004, p. 102, pl. 17 - dated c. 1911
    Soto Caba, Modigliani, the timeless face, Libsa, 2007
    Restellini, Le silence éternel, Pinacotheque de Paris, 2008, p.29
    Klein, Modigliani unmasked, Jewish Museum, New York, 2018

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Exhibitions -?-

Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle, 1963 - nº 54
München, 1972 - nº 1879
London, Picasso to Lichtenstein : masterpieces of twentieth-century art from this Nordrhein-Westfalen collection in Düsseldorf, Tate Gallery, 1974 - nº 89
Tokyo ,Love and Nostalgia for Montparnasse, Daimaru, 1979 - nº 2
Osaka,Love and Nostalgia for Montparnasse , Daimaru, 1979 - nº 2
Liege, Modigliani exhibition. Musée Saint Georges, 1980 - nº 2
Barcelona, Modigliani, Centro Cultural de la Caixa de pensiones,Curated by Christian Parisot, 1983 - nº 8
Madrid, Modigliani, Sala de exposiciones la caja de pensiones, Curated by Christian Parisot, 1983 - nº 8
Paris, Amedeo Modigliani, Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981, p. 107 - nº 12
Düsseldorf , Amedeo Modigliani, Art Gallery of Nordrhein-Westfalen 1991 - nº 9
Zurich, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthaus, 1991 - nº 9
Paris, Modigliani: l'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, 2002, nº 15
Toronto, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Art Gallery of Ontario, 2004 - 2005
Moscow, Meeting Modigliani, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, 2007
Bonn, Amedeo Modigliani: Ein Mythos der Moderne, Bundesrepublik, 2009 - nº 19
New York, Modigliani unmasked, Jewish Museum, 2018

in process

Other
Nº 209 in D' Atri papers - dated in 1910 located in Alexandre collection in 1929

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This is one of the most interesting paintings to read.
1.- Next to the head of the caryatid there is another head in brown mixed with the background, almost as if it were on the shadows of the front one:

second caryatid

The hair style is absolutelly similar to the ones used in classical greek sculpture showing a more mediterranean aspect instead of african

greek style

Turn the image 180º you discover a new painting and a simple glimpse to the egyptian sculptures, an open door to speculation:

caryatid turned 180 degrees showing a new painting
Probably he was just on a test... ( or as some "pretentious historian" say it's a Maldoror representation...

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The painting framed at the exhib. Jewish Museum 2018:
the painting framed at the jewish museum expo in 2018
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