paul alexandre at the window amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº26 Nº40 Nº40 YES 4/1913 Nº 44 YES YES
Date 1913? (Restellini dates 1913-1914)
Title Paul Alexandre before a window panel - Paul Alexandre in front of the window - Paul Alexandre devant un vitrage - Paul Alexandre
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 81x 45.6 cm
Signature: Unsigned
Actual Location Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts (Nº 1988.11.2 ; 2452)
Provenance
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    Blaise Alexandre Coll.
    Acquired by French Goverment 1988

    Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts (Nº 1988.11.2 ; 2452)
Bibliography
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    Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p.6, nº 1
    Warnod, Ceux de la Butle, Paris 1947, p. 197
    Cat. The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1951, p. 19
    Soby, Modigliani paintings, drawings, sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art NY in collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art, New York 1951, p. 19
    Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 26
    Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 - nº 30
    Galerie Charpentier, Cent tableaux de Modigliani, Paris, 1958 , nº 16
    Roy , Modigliani, Skira, 1958, p. 30
    Csorba Geza, Tchécoslovaquie,  I969,nº 3
    Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 40
    Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 40
    Arno, New York 1972, p. 19
    Mann, 1980, nº 26, p. 50
    Roy, Beaux livres Nathan 1985, p. 33
    Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Editions ACR Paris, 1987, p. 55
    Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo ed. Milano 1991-94 - nº 44
    Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 4/1913
    Alexandre, Modigliani inconnu, Témoignages, documents et dessins inédits de l'ancienne collection de Paul Alexandre, Paris, 1993, p. 47
    Decrooq-Restellini, L'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2002, p.59, pl.2
    Wayne, Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse, Abrams-Albright-knox gallery, 2002, p. 80
    Decrooq-Restellini, L'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2002, p. 59 (dated 1913-1914)
    Klein, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004-2005 . p. 42
    London, Royal Academy of Arts, Modigliani and His Models, 2006, p. 13? Fig. 15?
    Soto Caba, Modigliani, the timeless face, Libsa, 2007
    Ireson, Fraquelli, Modigliani, London, Tate Modern, Skira Rizzoli, London, 2017, p. 45

    In process
Exhibitions
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    Paris, Grand Palais, Trente d’art indépendant, Salon des Artistes lndép. 1926 - nº 3101
    Bruxelles, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1933 - nº 7
    Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, Amedeo Modigliani, 1951, p. 19
    New York, Museum of Modern Art, Amedeo Modigliani 1951, p. 19
    Paris. Galerie Charpentier, Cent tableaux de Modigliani, 1958 - nº 16
    Venise, Palazzo Grassi, Modigliani, 1993-94
    Tchécoslovaquie, 1969 - nº 3
    New York, cat. Arno 1972, p. 19
    Liege, Musée Saint-Georges, 1980, p. 32 - nº 13
    Singapore, Singapore Art Museum, 1998 (nº 53, p. 242-243- p. 341)
    Buffalo NY, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Albright-Knox Gallery, 2002-2003 - nº 3 (wrong size 81 x 45.6)
    Fort Worth, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Kimbell art Museum, 2003 - nº 3
    Los Angeles, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2003 - nº 3
    Bonn, Amedeo Modigliani: Ein Mythos der Moderne, Bundesrepublik, 2009 - nº 29
    London, Modigliani, Tate Modern, 2017-2018

    In process
Other


Listed in D'Atri papers twice:

Nº 263 in D' Atri papers - as oil on canvas - 80 x 45.5 cm - dated 1913 - Alexandre collection, 1929
Nº 7 in D' Atri papers - dated 1913 - Alexandre collection, 1929


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Detail of the ears where the drawing in orange is clearly visible and is detailed in color

ears

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The Alexandre family recalls that the window was at the clinic of Dr. Alexandre and that Modigliani left the painting as a present to suprise his friend, but some experts made mention of the similitude with
the windows at the studio Ochre and the style is much more advanced than the one used in 1913, specially in the treatment of the painting application.

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This painting presents holes in the 4 corners (1 of them covered by restoration - top right):



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The painting at Rouen Museum on a tour de force with el Greco's "caballero de la mano en el pecho":
rouen with el greco

The painting framed at Rouen museum:
the painting framed at rouen museum

The painting at the tate exhibit in 2017:
Tate gallery 2017

 
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