AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (1884-1920)
Tête de femme (Rosalia)
Details
AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (1884-1920)
Tête de femme (Rosalia)
signed ‘Modigliani’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
17 7/8 x 15 1/8in. (45.5 x 38.5cm.)
Painted circa 1915
Tête de femme (Rosalia)
signed ‘Modigliani’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
17 7/8 x 15 1/8in. (45.5 x 38.5cm.)
Painted circa 1915
Provenance
Galerie Bing & Cie., Paris, by 1925.
Galerie Percier, Paris.
Dr Emile Charles Bonnet, Nice, by whom acquired from the above circa 1928; Estate sale, Hall du Savoy, Nice, 26-28 April 1948, lot 29.
Max Kaganovitch, Paris.
Alex. Reid & Lefevre Ltd., London, by 1950.
Louis Franck, London & Bern, by whom acquired by 1958.
Eric Franck, London, by 1968.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, London, 04 July 1979.
Private collection, New York and Kentucky; sale, Christie’s, New York, 14 May 1986, lot 29.
Anonymous sale, Christie’s, New York, 14 May 1986, lot 29.
Private collection, Italy, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1987.
Galerie Percier, Paris.
Dr Emile Charles Bonnet, Nice, by whom acquired from the above circa 1928; Estate sale, Hall du Savoy, Nice, 26-28 April 1948, lot 29.
Max Kaganovitch, Paris.
Alex. Reid & Lefevre Ltd., London, by 1950.
Louis Franck, London & Bern, by whom acquired by 1958.
Eric Franck, London, by 1968.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, London, 04 July 1979.
Private collection, New York and Kentucky; sale, Christie’s, New York, 14 May 1986, lot 29.
Anonymous sale, Christie’s, New York, 14 May 1986, lot 29.
Private collection, Italy, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1987.
Literature
A. Pfannstiel, Modigliani, Paris, 1929, pp. 12- 13 (titled ‘Tête de femme’).
A. Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son œuvre, Paris, 1956, no. 83, p. 83 (titled ‘Tête de femme’).
A. Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani, dessins et sculptures avec suite du catalogue illustré des peintures, Milan, 1965, no. 167, p. 41 (illustrated pl.167).
A. Ceroni & L. Piccioni, I dipinti di Modigliani, Milan, 1970, no. 72, p. 91 (illustrated; titled ‘Testa di Donna (Rosalia)’).
A. Ceroni & F. Cachin, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani, Paris, 1972, no. 72, p. 91 (illustrated p. 91; titled ‘Portrait de femme (Rosalia)’).
Modigliani: 1884-1920, exh. cat., Centre Cultural de la Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, 1983, p. 51 (illustrated in situ at the 1925 Galerie Bing & Cie. exhibition).
O. Patani, Amedeo Modigliani, Catalogo generale: dipinti, Milan, 1991, no. 74, p. 99 (illustrated; titled ‘Ritratto di Rosalia’).
A. Ceroni & S. Fraquelli, ‘The catalogues raisonnés of Amedeo Modigliani’, in The Burlington Magazine, vol. 160, no. 1380, March 2018, p. 191 (illustrated in situ at the 1925 Galerie Bing & Cie. exhibition).
A. Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son œuvre, Paris, 1956, no. 83, p. 83 (titled ‘Tête de femme’).
A. Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani, dessins et sculptures avec suite du catalogue illustré des peintures, Milan, 1965, no. 167, p. 41 (illustrated pl.167).
A. Ceroni & L. Piccioni, I dipinti di Modigliani, Milan, 1970, no. 72, p. 91 (illustrated; titled ‘Testa di Donna (Rosalia)’).
A. Ceroni & F. Cachin, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani, Paris, 1972, no. 72, p. 91 (illustrated p. 91; titled ‘Portrait de femme (Rosalia)’).
Modigliani: 1884-1920, exh. cat., Centre Cultural de la Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, 1983, p. 51 (illustrated in situ at the 1925 Galerie Bing & Cie. exhibition).
O. Patani, Amedeo Modigliani, Catalogo generale: dipinti, Milan, 1991, no. 74, p. 99 (illustrated; titled ‘Ritratto di Rosalia’).
A. Ceroni & S. Fraquelli, ‘The catalogues raisonnés of Amedeo Modigliani’, in The Burlington Magazine, vol. 160, no. 1380, March 2018, p. 191 (illustrated in situ at the 1925 Galerie Bing & Cie. exhibition).
Exhibition
Paris, Galerie Bing & Cie., Modigliani, October – November 1925, no. 18 (titled ‘Rosalia’).
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cent tableaux de Modigliani, April – May 1958, no. 23 (titled ‘Portrait de femme’).
Tokyo, Seibu Gallery, Modigliani, May – June 1968, no. 16 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Kyoto, National Museum of Modem Art, June - August 1968.
Tokyo, Salle des Arts de Tokyu, Modigliani, Utrillo, Kisling, August – September 1980, no. 6 (illustrated; titled ‘Portrait de femme’).
Tokyo, The National Museum of Modem Art, Modigliani, July – September 1985, no. 48, pp. 73 & 175 (illustrated pp. 73 & 175; titled ‘Portrait of Woman (Rosalia)’; this exhibtion later travelled to Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, October – November 1985.
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cent tableaux de Modigliani, April – May 1958, no. 23 (titled ‘Portrait de femme’).
Tokyo, Seibu Gallery, Modigliani, May – June 1968, no. 16 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Kyoto, National Museum of Modem Art, June - August 1968.
Tokyo, Salle des Arts de Tokyu, Modigliani, Utrillo, Kisling, August – September 1980, no. 6 (illustrated; titled ‘Portrait de femme’).
Tokyo, The National Museum of Modem Art, Modigliani, July – September 1985, no. 48, pp. 73 & 175 (illustrated pp. 73 & 175; titled ‘Portrait of Woman (Rosalia)’; this exhibtion later travelled to Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, October – November 1985.
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