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The Art of Collecting: Property from a Distinguished Private Collector
AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (1884-1920)
Nu assis
Details
AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (1884-1920)
Nu assis
signed 'modigliani' (lower right)
oil on canvas
29 1⁄8 x 19 7⁄8 in. (74 x 50.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1908
Nu assis
signed 'modigliani' (lower right)
oil on canvas
29 1⁄8 x 19 7⁄8 in. (74 x 50.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1908
Provenance
Paul Alexandre, Paris (until at least 1933).
Nahmad collection, London.
Private collection, London (by 1991).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 May 1998, lot 31.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Nahmad collection, London.
Private collection, London (by 1991).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 May 1998, lot 31.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. Pfannstiel, Modigliani, Paris, 1929, p. 4 (illustrated, p. 7).
A. Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre: Etude critique et catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1956, p. 59, no. 11 (illustrated, p. 48; titled Nu debout (La petite Jeanne)).
A. Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre, suivi des "Souvenirs" de Lunia Czechowska, Milan, 1958, p. 42, no. 9 (illustrated).
J. Modigliani, Modigliani sans légende, Paris, 1958, p. 143, no. 22 (illustrated; titled La petite Jeanne, dit "Nu debout").
A. Ceroni and L. Piccioni, I dipinti de Modigliani, Milan, 1970, p. 88, no. 11 (illustrated).
J. Lanthemann, Modigliani: Catalogue raisonné, Sa vie, son oeuvre complet, son art, Barcelona, 1970, p. 109, no. 34 (illustrated, p. 168; dated 1909 and titled Nu, dit "Jeanne").
C. Mann, Modigliani, London, 1980, pp. 38 and 210, no. 14 (illustrated, p. 37).
C. Parisot, Modigliani: Catalogue raisonné, Rome, 1991, vol. II, p. 264, no. 4⁄1908 (illustrated, p. 28).
O. Patani, Amedeo Modigliani: Catalogo generale, Dipinti, Milan, 1991, p. 48, no. 14 (illustrated).
N. Alexandre, The Unknown Modigliani: Drawings from the Collection of Paul Alexandre, New York, 1993, p. 84 (illustrated in color; titled Portrait of "La Petite Jeanne" seated and with incorrect dimensions).
A. Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre: Etude critique et catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1956, p. 59, no. 11 (illustrated, p. 48; titled Nu debout (La petite Jeanne)).
A. Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre, suivi des "Souvenirs" de Lunia Czechowska, Milan, 1958, p. 42, no. 9 (illustrated).
J. Modigliani, Modigliani sans légende, Paris, 1958, p. 143, no. 22 (illustrated; titled La petite Jeanne, dit "Nu debout").
A. Ceroni and L. Piccioni, I dipinti de Modigliani, Milan, 1970, p. 88, no. 11 (illustrated).
J. Lanthemann, Modigliani: Catalogue raisonné, Sa vie, son oeuvre complet, son art, Barcelona, 1970, p. 109, no. 34 (illustrated, p. 168; dated 1909 and titled Nu, dit "Jeanne").
C. Mann, Modigliani, London, 1980, pp. 38 and 210, no. 14 (illustrated, p. 37).
C. Parisot, Modigliani: Catalogue raisonné, Rome, 1991, vol. II, p. 264, no. 4⁄1908 (illustrated, p. 28).
O. Patani, Amedeo Modigliani: Catalogo generale, Dipinti, Milan, 1991, p. 48, no. 14 (illustrated).
N. Alexandre, The Unknown Modigliani: Drawings from the Collection of Paul Alexandre, New York, 1993, p. 84 (illustrated in color; titled Portrait of "La Petite Jeanne" seated and with incorrect dimensions).
Exhibited
Paris, Grande serre de l'Orangerie au jardin des Tuileries, Salon des artistes indépendants: 24e Exposition, March-May 1908, p. 290, no. 4328.
Paris, Grand Palais des Champes-Elysées, Salon des artistes indépendants: Trente ans d'art indépendant, February-March 1926, p. 197, no. 3099 (dated 1910 and titled Nu (Jeanne assise)).
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Modigliani, November 1933, p. 19, no. 4.
Paris, Grand Palais des Champes-Elysées, Salon des artistes indépendants: Trente ans d'art indépendant, February-March 1926, p. 197, no. 3099 (dated 1910 and titled Nu (Jeanne assise)).
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Modigliani, November 1933, p. 19, no. 4.
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