NUDE  - THE DREAMER BY AMEDEO MODIGLIANI
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 291 Nº 151 Nº 197 YES 34/1917 Nº 204 YES ?
Date 1917
Title Reclining nude - Lying nude, the dreamer - La Rêveuse - Lying nude
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 59.7 x 92.1 cm (Patani, Parisot ,Ceroni, Pfannstiel: 60 x 92 cm)
Signature: Signed "modigliani" top right in white
Actual Location Koch Collection, Massachussetts, USA
Provenance -?-

Léopold Zborowski, Paris
Galerie Weill, Paris (1917)?
Léopold Zborowski, Paris
Netter Collection, Paris (Acquired 1929)
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Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection, New York (until his death in 1979)
Private Collection?

Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 14/ November/1984 - Lot 57
Sold: 4.620.000 USD

Koch Collection, Massachussetts

Koch Inheritance?


In Process

Bibliography -?-

Salmon, Modigliani, sa vie et son oeuvre,Ed. des Quatres Chemins, Paris, 1926, pl. 28
Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 18
Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, 1931, p. 243
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 123 (dated 1918)
Modigliani J. , Modigliani: Man and Myth, Orion Press, New York, 1958, pl. 7 - pl. 42
Modigliani J. , Modigliani senza leggenda, Vallecchi Editore, Firenze, 1958
Modigliani J. , Modigliani sans légende, Gruend, Paris, 1961, pl. 6
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani : dessins et sculptures ; avec suite du catalogue illustre des peintures, Edizioni del Milione, Milano, 1965 - nº 197
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 155 (dated 1916)
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 197 (dated 1917)
Boltin, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection : masterpieces of modern art, Hudson Hills Press, New York, 1981, pp. 28, 35, 36, 69
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - 34/1917
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 204 (dated 1917)
Parisot, Modigliani, Pierre Terrail, Paris, 1992, p. 156-157
Decrooq-Restellini, L'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2002, pp. 294-295 - nº 60 (dated 1917)
Klein, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004-2005, p. 134, pl. 49
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007
Restellini, Le silence éternel, Pinacotheque de Paris, 2008, pp. 102-103


In process

Exhibitions -?-

Paris, Modigliani , Berthe Weill Gallery, 1917 ?
Paris, Modigliani, Galerie Bing et Cie, 1925 - nº 5 title La rêveuse (the dreamer)
Zürich, Italianische laer, Kunsthaus Zürich, 1927 - nº 104
Venezia, Mostra retrospettiva di Modigliani – Curated by Lionello Venturi - Biennale di Venezia , Sala XII degli Appels d'Italie, 1930 - nº 12
Brussels, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition. Palais des beaux-arts, 1933 - nº 30 (Netter Collection - dated in 1917)
Basel, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthalle, 1934 - nº 22
New York,The nudes of Modigliani, Perls Galleries, 1966 - nº 5
Paris, Modigliani: l'ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, 2002 - nº 60
New York, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004

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In process

Other Nº 30 in D' Atri papers dated 1917 - titled Nu Couche - 60 x 92 - Netter Collection

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Detail of signature in visible normal light:

NUDE SIGNATURE DETAIL

Signature position (not visible in general image/image from old publication):
signature


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The eyes / nose of this painting reflect a style Modigliani used from the end of 1915 to the first months of 1918 but they are unique in Modigliani works
(Modigliani was doing experiments and this just means evolution):

eye-nose


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The painting framed in the marvelous setting of the Koch Collection, Massachusetts:

the painting in his home

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The painting at the Venice Biennale in 1930:

The painting at the Venice Biennale in 1930 :


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The painting at the BIng Galerie Exhibit in 1925:

The painting at the BIng Galerie Exhibit in 1925


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