leopold zborowski BY AMEDEO MODIGLIANI
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 233 Nº 227 NO? YES ? NO? YES ?
Date 1917
Title Léopold Zborowski
Materials Oil on canvas ?
Size 46 x 29 cm
Signature: Signed "modigliani" top right
Actual Location Private Collection
Provenance -?-

Léopold Zborowski, Paris
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Khoury Collection, Paris (1933)
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C.M. Michaelis, Esq., London
Sale: Sotheby's, London - 04/May/1960 - Lot 100
T. Grange (acquired at the above sale)
Philippe Blou (? - 1991)
Perls Gallery, New York (1991-1992)
Private Collection Europe
Sale: Sotheby's, New York , Impressionist & Modern Art, I - 05/ November/2003 - Lot 25
Estimate: 1.200.000 - 1.600.000 USD - Sold: 1.464.000 USD

Text in the auction catalogue:
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Amedeo Modigliani being prepared by Marc Restellini
under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute.

Private Collection

In Process

Bibliography -?-

Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 233 (not included in 1929 presume?)
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 227

In process
Exhibitions -?-

Brussels, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition. Palais des beaux-arts, 1933 -nº 26
Basel, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthalle, 1934 - nº 18

In process
Other
Nº 96 in D' Atri papers - The mention is there as nº 26 (following Brussels exhibit) but it was crossed and changed for Madame Zborowska 55 x 37 - 1918
The corrected as nº 96 Portrait of Léopold Zborowski size 42 x 26 - dated 1916 - Col. E. Khoury, Paris 1934


D'Atri also mention this work: nº 94 - Portrait of Léopold Zborowski size 26 x 20 - 1918 - Col. E. Khoury, Paris 1934 ?

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Detail of signature in visible normal light:

signature


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The painting framed for auction in 2003:

framed for uaction

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The eyes of this painting reflect a new style Modigliani has not used previously.

eyes


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Detail of the ear where the drawing is visible and is painted over the color (on top of the color)

DETAIL OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EARS OF LEON BAKST BY AMEDEO MODIGLIANI


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