Maurice drouard by amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
NO Nº 12 Nº 18 YES 6/1909 Nº 22 YES ?
Date 1909
Title Maurice Drouard - Portrait of a man - Portrait du sculpteur Drouard
Materials Oil on Canvas ?
Size 59 x 44 cm (Ceroni, Patani, Parisot, Restellini: 61 x 46)
Signature: Unsigned ?
Actual Location Private Collection ?
Provenance
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    L. E. van Leer
    Roger Dutilleul (1922)
    Paul Alexandre Coll. Paris (1958?)

    In process
Bibliography
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    Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cent tableaux de Modigliani, 1958, nº 12
    Jeanne Modigliani, Modigliani: Man and Myth, Orion Press, New York, 1958, pl. 25 (dated 1909-1910 and located at Alexandre Coll, Paris in 1958)
    Ceroni, Edizioni del Milione, 1958, nº 15

    Modigliani Jeanne , Modigliani sans légende, Paris 1961, nº 25
    Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 12
    Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - - nº 18
    Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 6/1909
    Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 22
    Alexandre, The Unknown Modigliani: Drawings from the Collection of Paul Alexandre, 1993, p. 42
    Decrooq-Restellini, L'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2002, p.110-111, nº 4
    Soto Caba, Modigliani, the timeless face, Libsa, 2007

    In process
Exhibitions
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    Paris, Gallerie Charpentier, Cent Tableaux de Modigliani, 1958 - nº 9
    Paris, Modigliani: l'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, 2002 - nº 4
    Moscow, Meeting Modigliani, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, 2007


    In process
Other


Not in D'Atri papers

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Probably painted in a reused canvas or cardboard?

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Restellini say in the back there is a portrait of Brancusi (I have never seen it) ?

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

ears


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Biographical notes on the sitter:

Henri E. Maurice Drouard (Paris 1886 - Versailles 1915)

French Sculptor and Illustrator died the 29 of September 1915 in the 236 regiment d' infanterie.
Lived in the 7 place du tertre and was a popular young illustrator and sculptor of Montmartre when Modigliani knew him.

His Death certificate in combat and actual grave:

burial and death certificate of Maurice Drouard



Plaque located in the place du Tertre in Paris in honor of Drouard:

plaque in honour of Maurice drouard in place du tertre in paris

Book of his drawings of Montmartre printed as tribute after his death in battle in 1915 by Galerie Vildrac, Paris:

book of drawings by maurice drouard from 1915

Photo of the painting from February 1913 at the Delta studio (middle of the painting can be seen in the right wall):



The sitter:


Another image of the portrayed with a hat in the middle of a chess game in 1913:
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