Hanka Zborowska by amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 129 Nº 189 Nº 177 YES 4/1917 Nº 183 ? ?
Date 1917
Title Hanka Zborowska seated in a divan- Hanka Zborowska - Anna Zborowska seated - Anna - Anna Zborowska - Madame Zborowska - Portrait of Madame “Z” -  Portrait of Madame “B”
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 130.2 x 81.3 cm
Signature: Unsigned (reverse not seen)
Actual Location The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (Inv. nº 87.1934)
Provenance
Amedeo Modigliani (1917)
Leopold Zborowski, Paris (1917 -1926)
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Gallerie Pierre, Paris ( 1929?)
Valentine Gallery, New York (1929)
Lillie P. Bliss, New YorK (21 October 1929 acquired from above)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired by bequest from Lillie P. Bliss in 1934 (Inv. nº 87.1934)

In process

Bibliography -?-

The little Review, Autumn and winter, Paris/London -1923-1924, repr. p. 77
Salmon, Modigliani, sa vie et son oeuvre,Ed. des Quatres Chemins, Paris, 1926 , pl. 4
Dale, Modigliani, Knopf, New York, 1929, pl. 2
Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 20
Taguchi, Modigliani, Alier-Sha Tokyo, 1936, pl. 6
Barr, Painting and sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1942 - nº 441
Franchi, Modigliani, Arnaud, Firenze, 1944, pl. 9
Franchi, Modigliani, Arnaud, Firenze, 1946, pl. 16
Barr, Painting and sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1948, p.61
Carli, Amedeo Modigliani, De Luca, Roma 1952, pl. 11
T. Soby, Modigliani, Museum of Modern art, New York, catalogue exp. 1954, p. 51
Lipchitz, Amedeo Modigliani, H.N. Abrams, New York, 1954, pl. 58
Rivista di Livorno, Omaggio a Amedeo Modigliani, Livorno, 1954, pl. 10
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 129
Modigliani J. , Modigliani: Man and Myth, Orion Press, New York, 1958 -nº 40
Modigliani J. , Modigliani senza leggenda, Vallecchi Editore, Firenze, 1958, pl. 40
Modigliani J. , Modigliani sans légende, Gruend, Paris, 1961, pl. 40
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani : dessins et sculptures ; avec suite du catalogue illustre des peintures, Edizioni del Milione, Milano, 1965 - nº 191
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 177
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 160
Fifield. Modigliani. New York, 1976, p. 221
Hall, Modigliani, Phaidon, Oxford, 1979, pl. 31
Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Modigliani exib. cat., 1981, p.127
Hall, Modigliani, Phaidon, Oxford, 1984 - nº 31
Benezra, “A Study in Irony: Modigliani’s Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz,” Museum Studies 12, no, 2 (Art Institute of Chicago: 1986), p. 190
Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Editions ACR, Paris, 1987, p. 147
Schmalenbach, Amedeo Modigliani, Prestel, Munich, 1990, p. 103 - nº 53
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 183
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 4/1917
Parisot, Modigliani, Pierre Terrail, Paris, 1992, p. 206
Kruszynski. Amedeo Modigliani: Portraits and Nudes. Munich, 1996 , p. 66
Parisot, Amedeo Modigliani, 1884-1920 : itinéraire anecdotique entre France et Italie, ACR edition, 1996, p. 130
Klein, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004-2005, p. 154, pl. 70
Fraquelli, Modigliani and His Models. Exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts. London, 2006, p. 130 - nº 43
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007
Ireson, Fraquelli, Modigliani, London, Tate Modern, Skira Rizzoli, London, 2017, p. 193

In process

Exhibitions -?-

New York, Amedeo Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Demotte, Inc., 1931
New York, Lillie P. Bliss Memorial exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, 1931
New York, Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, 1932
New York, 1934 (?)
New York, 25 Paintings from the Bliss Collection, Museum of Modern Art, 1935
Saint Louis - Northampton, 25 Paintings from the Bliss Collection, 1935 (?)
Washington, 25 Paintings from the Bliss Collection, 1936 (?)
Detroit, 1936
New York, 1940
Portland, 1942-43
Washington, 1943
Albany, 1944
New York, The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, 1945-46
Springfield, 1950
New York, The Museum Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, 1950
Cleveland, Modigliani: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Cleveland Museum of Art,1951
New York, Modigliani: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, 1951
Roma, Modigliani, VI Quadriennale, 1952 - nº 11
Palm Beach, Modigliani, Society of the Four Arts, 1954 - nº 2
Miami, Modigliani, Lowe Gallery, 1954
Houston, Modigliani, Contemporary Arts Museum, 1954 - nº 1
New York, XXVth Anniversary Exhibitions: Paintings, The Museum of Modern Art, 1955
Chattanooga-Terre Haute, 1956 (?)
San Antonio, Amedeo Modiglani, Marion Koogler McNay Institute, 1957 - nº 6
Cincinnati, Amedeo Modigliani: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings, The Contemporary Arts Center, 1959 - nº 12
Chicago, Amedeo Modigliani: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings, The Arts Club, 1959
Milwaukee, Amedeo Modigliani: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings, Milwaukee Art Center, 1959
New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1960
Minneapolis - Tampa, 1961-64 (?)
New York, Art in a Changing World: 1884-1964, The Museum of Modern Art, 1964
Livorno, 1970 (?)
Tel Aviv, 1971 (?)
Palm Beach - Little Rock, 1972 (?)
Detroit, 1977 (?)
Tokyo ,Love and Nostalgia for Montparnasse, Daimaru, 1979 - nº 10
Osaka,Love and Nostalgia for Montparnasse , Daimaru, 1979 - nº 10
Liege, Modigliani exhibition. Musée Saint Georges, 1980 - nº 14
Paris, Modigliani, Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981 -nº 42
Düsseldorf, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1991 - nº 51
Zurich, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunsthaus, 1991 - nº 51
New York, Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, 1993
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 43
Madrid, Modigliani y su tiempo, Museo Nacional Thyssen Bornemisza, 2008
Bonn, Amedeo Modigliani: Ein Mythos der Moderne, Bundesrepublik, 2009 - nº 80
London, Modigliani, Tate Modern, 2017-2018


In process

Other
Possibly nº 225 in D' Atri papers (size 116 x 73) - provenance Zborowski, Paris 1929.

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The infra red image show the clear line of the drawing with oil:

infra red image, hanka zborowska

Close up detail of the face showing some last minute changes and the way modigliani constructed the face:

anna zborowska infrared close up of the face

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The painting framed at MOMA:

The painting framed at MOMA

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This painting present holes in the 4 corners, one covered by restoration but visible.

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