Adrienne by amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 131 Nº 205 Nº 64 YES 25/1915 Nº 66 ? ?
Date 1917
Title Adrienne - Woman with Bangs - Woman portrait - Head of Young Woman with a Bang
Materials Oil on linen
Size 55.3 x 38.1 cm (Ceroni, Parisot 61 x 38 - Pfannstiel 58 x 38)
Signature: Signed "Modigliani" top right in red with a second brush in black
Actual Location National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA (Inv. nº 1963.10.171)
Provenance -?-

Paul Guillaume, Paris (with doubts)
Bignou Gallery, Paris (acquired 1927? sold 18/April/1928)
Chester Dale Collection, New York (acquired 18/April/1928 - 1963)

Bequest 1963 to NGA
Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA (Inv. nº 1963.10.171)

The doubts in the provenance in Guillaume come from this fact:

1.- There is an image of the painting at the Guillaume files as if it was in his possesion.
2.- Bignou informed Dale that he bought the painting from an artist in Montparnasse, a friend of Modigliani, probably T. Foujita.

So it is not clear if Guillaume files where altered or if the Bignou files mistaken.


Bibliography -?-

Dale, Modigliani, Knopf, New York, 1929, pl. 36
Dale, From manet to Modigliani, New York, 1929 - nº 99
Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 20 (dated in 1917)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1943, p. 38
Franchi, Modigliani, Arnaud, Firenze, 1944, pl. 27
National Gallery of Art, Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1952, pl. 42
Jedlicka, Modigliani, E. Rentsch, Zürich, 1953, pl. 15
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 131 (dated in 1917 - size 58 x 38 - provenance in Bignou)
Roy , Modigliani, Skira, Lausanne, 1958, p. 76
National Gallery of Art, Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1960, pl. 44
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani : dessins et sculptures ; avec suite du catalogue illustre des peintures, Edizioni del Milione, Milano, 1965 - nº 168
National Gallery of Art, Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1965, pl. 55
National Gallery of Art,Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965, p. 91
Werner, Amedeo Modigliani , H. Abrams, New York 1966, pl. 51
Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, Garzanti, Milano 1967, pl. 51 (dated in 1917)
National Gallery of Art,European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968, p. 80
Ponente, Modigliani, Ed. Toray, Barcelona, 1969 - nº 31
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 205 (dated in 1917)
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 64 (dated in 1915)
National Gallery of Art, European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975, p. 236
Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984, p. 588 - nº 904
Roy, Modigliani, Nathan, Paris, 1985, p. 72
National Gallery of Art,European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985, p. 273
Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Editions ACR, Paris, 1987, p. 43
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 66 (dated in 1915)
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 25/1915 (dated in 1915)
Kopper, America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991, p. 245
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007

In process

Exhibitions -?-

Chicago, Paintings by Amedeo Modigliani, Arts Club of Chicago, 1929 - nº 9
New York, Paintings by Amedeo Modigliani 1884-1920, De Hauke & Co. Inc., 1929 - nº 20
New York, Amedeo Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Demotte, Inc., 1931 - nº 14
Brussels, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition. Palais des beaux-arts, 1933 - nº 24
Basel, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthalle, 1934 - nº 16
San Francisco, French Painting from the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1934 - nº 214
Chicago, Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 1943-1952, p. 38
Cleveland, Modigliani: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Cleveland Museum of Art,1951
New York, Modigliani: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, 1951
Washington, Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, 1952 - nº 42
Washington, The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, 1965
Washington, Modigliani: An Anniversary Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1983-1984, exhibited in Washington only.

In process

Other As nº 24 - oil on canvas - 58 x 38 and corrected to 54.5 x 38 cm, dated in 1917 in D' Atri papers (with incorrect provenance: sold by Netter Collection in 1931?)

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

infra red image, woman with bangs - adrienne

Xray Image of Adrienne:

xray image, woman with bangs - adrienne

Detail of the brushwork visible under X-ray:

xray visible brushwork image, woman with bangs - adrienne

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The painting framed at the NGA:

The painting framed image, woman with bangs - adrienne at NGA museum

image, woman with bangs - adrienne setting in NGA

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The painting at Modigliani's wall in Chester Dale new York Apartment:

The painting at Modigliani's wall in Chester Dale new York Apartment

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The signature of the painting:

signature of Adrienne


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