the two girls
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 130 Nº 292 Nº 242 YES 21/1918 Nº 254 YES? ?
Date 1918 ?
Title The two girls - Les deux filles - the two sisters - the sisters
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 100 x 65.1 cm (Christie’s 2009 - 100.2 x 65.1)
Signature: Unsigned (probably unfinished)
Actual Location Private Collection ?
Provenance -?-
?

Leopold Zborowski, Paris
Netter Collection, Paris (before 1926 to 2009)

Sale: Christie’s, London, 4 February 2009, Lot 10 / Sale 7701
Estimate: 4.987.500 - 7.837.500 USD - Sold: 9.400.566 USD

Private Collection, Europe

Sale: Christie’s, London, 4 February 2015, Lot 15 / Sale 10378
Estimate: 9.500.000 - 13.000.000 USD
Sold: 11.493.548 USD

Private Collection?
(Nahmad Collection? not confirmed)

In process

Bibliography -?-
?

Salmon, Modigliani, sa vie et son oeuvre, Ed. des Quatres Chemins, Paris, 1926, pl. 13 - dated 1917
Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 20 - dated 1917
Taguchi, Modigliani, Alier-Sha Tokyo, 1936, pl. 14
Franchi, Modigliani, Arnaud, Firenze, 1944, pl. 10
Apra, Tormento di Modigliani, Bietti, Milano 1945
Franchi, Modigliani, Arnaud, Firenze, 1946, pl. 17 - dated 1917
San Lazzaro, Modigliani peintures, Les Éditions du Chêne, Paris, 1947, pl. 6
Cocteau, Modigliani, Hazan, Paris, 1950, pl. 7 - titled the two sisters
San Lazzaro, Modigliani peintures, Les Éditions du Chêne, Paris, 1953, pl. 6
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 130 as the two girls dated 1917 - 100 x 65 - Netter Collection
Borchert, Modigliani, Faber and Faber, London, 1960, pl. 5
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani : dessins et sculptures ; avec suite du catalogue illustre des peintures, Edizioni del Milione, Milano, 1965 - nº 212 - dated 1918
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 292
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 242 - dated 1918
Ceroni & Cachin, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani, Paris, 1972 - nº 242
Roy, Modigliani, Nathan, Paris, 1985, p. 109
Schmalenbach, Amedeo Modigliani, Prestel, Munich, 1990, p. 118 - nº 67
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 254
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 21/1918
Monti a cura de R. Chiappini, Catalogue Amedeo Modigliani, Lugano, Skira, 1999 - nº 51, pp. 120 - 198
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007

In process

Exhibitions -?-
?

Zurich, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthaus Zurich, 1930 (Curated by Arthut Pfannstiel) - nº 138
Brussels, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition. Palais des beaux-arts, 1933 - nº 28
Basel, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthalle, 1934 - nº 20
Paris, Modigliani Peintures, Galerie de France, 1945-46 - nº 7 (dated 1917)
Paris, Cent Tableaux de Modigliani, Galerie Charpentier, 1958 - nº 56 (dated 1917 as the two young girls)
Marseille, Modigliani, Musée Cantini, 1958 - nº 15
Düsseldorf, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1991 - nº 67
Zurich, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunsthaus, 1991 - nº 67
Chiba, Modigliani et son époque, Paris 1910-1920, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, 1997 - nº 3
Osaka, Modigliani et son époque, Paris 1910-1920, Kintetsu Museum of Art, 1997 - nº 3
Yamagata, Modigliani et son époque, Paris 1910-1920, Museum of Art, 1997 - nº 3
Niigata,Modigliani et son époque, Paris 1910-1920, Museum of Art, 1997 - nº 3
Miyazaki, Modigliani et son époque, Paris 1910-1920, Museum of Art, November, 1997 - nº 3
Kitakyushu, Modigliani et son époque, Paris 1910-1920, Municipal Museum, 1997- 1998 and - nº 3
Tokyo, Modigliani et son époque, Paris 1910-1920, Daimaru Museum of Art, 1998 - nº 3
Lugano, Amedeo Modigliani, Museo d'Arte Moderna, 1999 - nº 51

In process

Other
Nº 28 in D' Atri papers, as les deux soeurs (les deux filles - unsigned - 1917 - 100 x 65 - Netter Collection.
repeated as Nº 206 title les deux soeurs with no more data.

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The lack of signature maybe because it was not considered as unfinished by the artist?

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

ears



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The same sitter can be seen in another painting:


Girl standing in black pinafore amedeo modigliani



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