totote de la gaite by amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 150 Nº 217 Nº 210 YES 21/1917 Nº 216 ? ?
Date 1917
Title Young woman - Totote de la Gaîtè - Les yeux tristes - the sad eyes
Materials Oil on canvas ?
Size 73 x 54 cm
Signature: Signed "Modigliani." top right
Actual Location Private Collection ?
Provenance -?-

Léopold Zbrorowski, Paris
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Galerie Bing, Paris (1925)
Dr Charpentier, Paris (acquired by 1929)
Sale: Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 30th March 1954 - Lot 91
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Private Collection, Paris (acquired by 1965)
Halphen Collection, France
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 30th June 1982 - Lot 34

Private Collection, Germany (acquired above)
Sale: Sothebys- London. Impressionist & Modern Art, Evening Sale - 19 Jun 2007 Sale L07007 - Lot 17
Estimate: 3.500.000 - 4.500.000 GBP - Sold: 4.164.000 GBP

Private Collection?

In process

Bibliography -?-

Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 25 (wrong size, titled the sad eyes)
Franchi, Modigliani, Arnaud, Firenze, 1944, pl. 12
Franchi, Modigliani, Arnaud, Firenze, 1946 - nº 22
Lipchitz, Amedeo Modigliani, H.N. Abrams, New York, 1954, pl. 42-43
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 150 (wrong size, titled the sad eyes)
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani : dessins et sculptures ; avec suite du catalogue illustre des peintures, Edizioni del Milione, Milano, 1965 - nº 202
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 210
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 217
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 216
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 21/1917

In process


Exhibitions -?-

Paris, Modigliani, Galerie Bing et Cie, 1925 (unknown number)
?
Tokyo ,Love and Nostalgia for Montparnasse, Daimaru, 1979 - nº 14
Osaka,Love and Nostalgia for Montparnasse , Daimaru, 1979
Paris, Modigliani, Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981 - nº 55


In process

Other
Not in D'Atri papers?

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Detail of signature in visible normal light & in negative to see it more clear:
 SIGNATURE DETAIL


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The eyes are the classical Modigliani style from the period:

eyes

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I have no image of the infrared or X ray, but with a simple visual look, a painting under the actual image is visible, the area near the neck on the right side
presents the typical scratching done to repaint over it, the red of the previous painting is clearly visible:

underneath painting

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The painting visible at the Paris, Bing Galerie exhibition in 1925:

The painting visible at the Paris, Bing Galerie exhibition in 1925


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