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Date | 1911-12 - 13 ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 -?- Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf since 1962 in process |
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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 |
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Other | Nº 209 in D' Atri papers - dated in 1910 located in Alexandre collection in 1929 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: The hair style is absolutelly similar to the ones used in classical greek sculpture showing a more mediterranean aspect instead of african Turn the image 180º you discover a new painting and a simple glimpse to the egyptian sculptures, an open door to speculation: Probably he was just on a test... ( or as some "pretentious historian" say it's a Maldoror representation... ------------------------------------------------------- The painting framed at the exhib. Jewish Museum 2018: |
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