Almaisa nude on a divan
Oil on canvas, dated 1916 or 1917 according to the compilers
Identification
- Published titles
- English: Almaisa nude on a divan; Almaisa nude; Nude on a divan. French: Nu: L’Algérienne Almaissa.
- Date
- 1916–1917?
Pfannstiel dates it 1917
Ceroni dates it 1916. - Medium
- Oil on canvas.
- Dimensions
- 80.6 × 115.6 cm, recorded with a query. 1963 exhibition: 81 × 116 cm.
- Signature
- Signed modigliani at top right.
- Present location
- Private collection, recorded with a query.
Catalogue numbers
| Compiler | Number |
|---|---|
| Arthur Pfannstiel | YES |
| Joseph Lanthemann | no. 146 |
| Ambrogio Ceroni | no. 131 |
| Jeanne Modigliani | YES? |
| Christian Parisot | ? |
| Osvaldo Patani | no. 150 |
| Modigliani Project | ? |
| MR | YES |
| Modigliani Initiative | ? |
Legal note on MR: This investigation has not had access to MR’s catalogue raisonné; all research here is based on open sources, publications and exhibitions. By no means has that catalogue been copied at any point. Modigliani Project and Modigliani Initiative are marked YES when the work is published or otherwise recorded by those projects, even if no catalogue number is assigned; otherwise the field is marked ?.
Provenance
- Unpublished early history.
- Perls Galleries, New York (by 1954).
- Paul and Odette Wurzburger Collection, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Acquavella Galleries, New York, recorded with a query.
- Private collection.
The sequence follows the published museum, sale, and catalogue record in this investigation. Gaps and uncertain transfers are marked as such.
Selected bibliography
Book-length publications are marked with a footnote giving a full citation. Exhibition catalogues appear in both this list and the exhibition list when this investigation recorded them in both places. Where this investigation listed a long run of secondary mentions, only the principal catalogues and museum or sale references are retained here.
- Arthur Pfannstiel, Dessins de Modigliani, Lausanne, Mermod, 1958, drawings for this portrait, pp. 28–29.
- Ambrogio Ceroni, 1958, no. 79.1
- Alfred Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, New York, Abrams, 1966, p. 35, pl. 42 (dated 1917; 80.6 × 115.6 cm).
- Joseph Lanthemann, 1970, no. 146.2
- Ambrogio Ceroni and Leone Piccioni, 1970, no. 131.3
- Osvaldo Patani, 1991–94, no. 150.4
- Nancy Ireson and Simonetta Fraquelli, 2017, p. 141.5
- Victoria Soto Caba, 2007.6
Exhibitions
- Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Modigliani, 1954, no. 6, as Nu: L’Algérienne Almaissa.
- Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1963, no. 30.
- London, Tate Gallery, 1963, no. 30.
- New York, Perls Galleries, The Nudes of Modigliani, 1966, no. 8.
- New York, Acquavella Galleries, 1971, no. 15.
- London, Tate Modern, Modigliani, 2017–18.
Notes
This investigation marks the work as not located in the D’Atri papers.
The working notes for this investigation marked several fields as still being checked. The facts above are those already published; where sources disagree, both readings are given.
Footnotes
- Ambrogio Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: peintre; suivi des souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Milan, Edizioni del Milione, 1958.
- Joseph Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son œuvre, son art, Barcelona, G. Condal, 1970.
- Ambrogio Ceroni and Leone Piccioni, I dipinti di Modigliani, Milan, Rizzoli, 1970.
- Osvaldo Patani, Modigliani. Catalogo generale, Milan, Leonardo, 1991–94.
- Nancy Ireson and Simonetta Fraquelli, Modigliani, London, Tate Modern / Skira Rizzoli, 2017.
- Victoria Soto Caba, Modigliani: The Timeless Face, Madrid, Libsa, 2007.