WOMAN WITH BLUE EYES BY AMEDEO MODIGLIANI
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 346? Nº 202 Nº 181 YES 17/1917 Nº 191 YES YES
Date 1917 ?
Title Woman with blue eyes - Jeanne Hébuterne - Blue eyes
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 54.6 x 42.9 cm (Parisot / Restellini: 55 x 46 - Wayne 54.6 x 42.9 - Museum 54.6 x 42.9)
Signature: Signed "modigliani" top right
Actual Location Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Inv. Nº 1967-30-59)
Provenance -?-

Patani provenance:
Zamaron Collection, Paris

Pfannstiel provenance:
Léopold Zbrorowski, Paris
Netter Collection, Paris
Bignou Collection, Paris

Parisot provenance:
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Real provenance:

Léopold Zbrorowski, Paris
Netter Collection, Paris
Bignou Collection, Paris
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London
De Hauke & Co. Inc, New York (sold Philadephia 21/march/1931 for 4.540 USD)
Samuel S. White Collection, Philadelphia (acquired from above 1931 -gift 1967)

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Inv. Nº 1967-30-59)
The Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White Collection, 1967

In process

Bibliography -?-

Dale, Modigliani, Knopf, New York, 1929, pl. 23
Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 21
Einstein, Die Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Berlin, 1931, p. 295
Apra, Tormento di Modigliani, Bietti, Milano 1945, p. 49  
Scheiwiller, Arte Moderna Italiana nº 8 Amedeo Modigliani, U. Hoepli Ed. Milan, 1950, pl. 14
Cahiers d'art Paris, 1950, p. 176
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 346 dated in 1919
(Restellini & Patani say it is nº 106, Parisot nº 346)
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 - nº 109
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 397 (dated in 1919)
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 181
Ceroni & Cachin, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani, Paris, 1972 - nº 181
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 191
Monti a cura de R. Chiappini, Catalogue Amedeo Modigliani, Lugano, Skira, 1999 - nº 39
Wayne, Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse, Abrams-Albright-knox gallery, New York, 2002, p. 93 - nº 16
Fraquelli, Modigliani, Fort Worth and Paris, in Burlington Magazine, nº 145, 2003, pp. 254-255
Klein, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004-2005, p. 139, pl. 55
Fraquelli, Modigliani and His Models. Exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts. London, 2006, p. 108 - nº 25

Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007
Ireson, Fraquelli, Modigliani, London, Tate Modern, Skira Rizzoli, London, 2017

In process


Exhibitions -?-

London, Paintings by Amedeo Modigliani, Reid & Lefevre Galleries, 1929 - nº 12
New York, Paintings by Amedeo Modigliani 1884-1920, De Hauke & Co. Inc., 1929 - nº 30 (Pataniby mistake say nº 24)
(nº 3288 in Seligmann files / cost 1.687 USD half share with Reid & Lefevre, London, provenance in Netter)
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Chicago, Paintings by Amedeo Modigliani, Arts Club of Chicago, 1929
Brussels, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition. Palais des beaux-arts, 1933 - Nº 65 (dated 1918 with doubts is this work)
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Tokyo, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, Tobu Museum of Art, 1992-93 - nº 22
Kyoto, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, Daimaru Museum, 1992-93
Osaka, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, Daimaru Museum of Umeda, 1992-93
Ibaraki, Exposition Amedeo Modigliani au Japon, Museum of Modern Art, 1992-93
Lausanne, Modigliani, Utrillo, Soutine, Les peintres de Zborowski et leurs amis, Fondation de L'Hérmitage, 1994, p. 163 - nº 2
Lugano, Amedeo Modigliani, Museo d'Arte Moderna, 1999 - nº 39
Buffalo NY, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Albright-Knox Gallery, 2002-2003 - nº 16
Fort Worth, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Kimbell art Museum, 2003 - nº 16
Los Angeles, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2003 - nº 16
New York, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004
Toronto, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Art Gallery of Ontario, 2004 - 2005
Washington D.C., Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Phillips Collection, 2005
London, Modigliani and his models, Royal Academy of Arts, 2006 - nº 25
Moscow, Meeting Modigliani, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, 2007
Bonn, Amedeo Modigliani: Ein Mythos der Moderne, Bundesrepublik, 2009 - nº 81
London, Modigliani, Tate Modern, 2017-2018

In process

Other
Nº 148 in D'Atri papers as "le yeux bleus" (portrait de Mme. Hébuterne) size 54.5 x 43 dated 1917/1918 and located in Samuel S. White Philadelphia > Et. Bignou > Netter ( in 1928)

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Detail of signature in visible normal light:
NUDE SIGNATURE DETAIL

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This painting presents holes in the 2 corners (probably other 2 are covered by restoration)

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Detail of the eyes where the drawing with colors and black detail is visible and is painted over the color (on top of the color)
The eyes remain in the style of the paintings done in the period 1916-1917:

NOSE

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Detail of the ear made in sharp point (the triangle style ear) where the drawing with colors and black detail 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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The painting framed in Moscow, Meeting Modigliani, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, 2007 :

framed in 2007

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