Property from the Estate of MRS. JOAN AVNET

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Property from the Estate of MRS. JOAN AVNET

AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (1884-1920)
Arlequine
signed lower right 'Modigliani', inscribed across the top 'Theatre des Merveilles', titled left center 'Arlequine'--pencil on paper
17¼ x 10 3/8in. (43.8 x 26.4cm.)
Drawn circa 1915

Provenance

Frank Stoop, London
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York
J. Fischbach, New York

Literature

A. Pfannstiel, Modigliani, Paris, 1929, p. 38 (illustrated)
A. Pfannstiel, Dessins de Modigliani, Lausanne, 1958, p. 73 (illustrated, pl. 7)
F. Russoli, Modigliani: Drawings and Sketches, New York, 1969, no. 32 (illustrated)
J. Lanthemann, Modigliani: Catalogue raisonné, Florence, 1970, no. 703 (illustrated, p. 332)

Exhibited

New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, French Drawings, Jan.-Feb., 1966, no. 76 (illustrated)
New York, Museum of Modern Art, A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection, April-July, 1978, no. 137 (illustrated)

Lot Essay

There is a sketch of a seated nude on the reverse.

In a photo-certificate dated Paris, September 20, 1994 Christian Parisot of the Archives Legales Amedeo Modigliani states that this drawing will be included in the forthcoming third volume of his Modigliani catalogue raisonné.