La jeune bonne or the servant girl by amedeo modigliani
Image Courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 244 Nº 310 Nº 248 YES 10/1918 Nº 260 ? YES
Date 1918 -1919?
Title La Jeune Bonne - The servant girl - Marie Feret - The maid - Young girl - The young maid - The servant
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 152.4 x 60.96 cm ( Wayne 152.2 x 61)
Signature: Signed "Modigliani" top right
Actual Location Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA (Inv. Nº RCA1939:6)
Provenance -?-
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Paul Guillaume, Paris
Pierre Bertin Collection, Paris
Étienne Bignou Collection, Paris (by 1929)
Bignou Gallery, New York
Albright Art Gallery (acquired from above 7/February/1939

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA (Inv. Nº RCA1939:6)

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Bibliography

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Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p.39 (p. 112)
Dale, Modigliani, Knopf, New York, 1929, pl. 18 ?
Paris Soir, PaRIS 20/jUNE 1930
Dale, "Modigliani." Formes no. 18 (October 1931) nº 18
Basler, Modigliani. Editions G. Cres, Paris, 1931, pl. 5
Art New, New York, 14/Novemeber, 1931
Scheiwiller, Arte Moderna Italiana nº 8 Amedeo Modigliani, U. Hoepli Ed. Milano, 1932, pl. 1
Scheiwiller, Arte Moderna Italiana nº 8 Amedeo Modigliani, U. Hoepli Ed. Milano, 1936-XIV, pl. 31
Apra, Tormento di Modigliani, Bietti, Milano 1945, p. 112
T. Soby, Modigliani, , New York, 1949, pl. 46
Apollonio, Amedeo Modigliani, in “Cahiers d'art”, p. 184
Scheiwiller, Arte Moderna Italiana nº 8 Amedeo Modigliani, U. Hoepli Ed. Milan, 1950, pl. 38
Jedlicka, Modigliani, E. Rentsch, Zürich, 1953, pl. 26
San Lazzaro, Modigliani peintures, Les Éditions du Chêne, Paris, 1953, p. 9
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 244 - titled The servant (Marie Feret, paysanne de Cagenes) - dated 1918
Fels, 1956, p. 108
Roy , Modigliani, Skira, Lausanne, 1958, p. 95
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 - nº 128
Scheiwiller, Arte Moderna Italiana nº 8 Amedeo Modigliani, U. Hoepli Ed. Zurich, 1958, pl. 60
Pavolini, Modigliani, Union Générale d'Éditions en accord avec l'Unesco, Milano 1966, pl. 19
Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, Cercle d'art, Paris,1968, p. 148
Diehl, Modigliani, Ed. Flamarion, Paris, 1969, p. 83
Geza, Modigliani, Budapest, Corvina Kiadó, 1969 - nº 35
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 310 - titled La Jeune bonne
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 248 - titled Servant girl - dated 1918
Ceroni & Cachin, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani, Paris, 1972 - nº 248 - titled Servant girl - dated 1918
Zurcher, Modigliani, Ed. F. Hazan, Paris, 1980, pl. 45
Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Modigliani exhib. cat., 1981 - nº 63
Hall, Modigliani, Phaidon, Oxford, 1984 - nº 43
Roy, Modigliani, Nathan, Paris, 1985, p. 111
Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Editions ACR, Paris, 1987, p. 163
Schmalenbach, Amedeo Modigliani, Prestel, Munich, 1990, p. 127 - nº 76
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 260 - titled Young maid - dated 1918
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 10/1918 - titled Young maid - dated 1918
Wayne, Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse, Abrams-Albright-knox gallery, New York, 2002, p. 113 - nº 36
Fraquelli, Modigliani, Fort Worth and Paris, in Burlington Magazine, nº 145, 2003, pp. 254-255
Klein, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004-2005, p. 147, pl. 63 - dated c. 1918
Fraquelli, Modigliani and His Models. Exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts. London, 2006, p. 115 - nº 31 - dated c. 1918
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007

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Exhibitions -?-
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Paris, Modigliani, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, 1922 - nº 34 as La jeune servante
Paris, Cent ans de peinture française, Geroges Petit Galeries, 1930 - nº 53
Zurich, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthaus Zurich, 1930 (Curated by Arthut Pfannstiel) - nº 136
New York, Amedeo Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Demotte, Inc., 1931 - nº 29
London, L' Ecole de Paris, Reid & Lefevre Galleries, London, 1932 - nº 13
London, The Tragic Painters, Alex. reid & Lefevre, Ltd., 1938 - nº 12 - dated in 1919
Montreal - Toronto, Paintings by French masters, 1938 - nº 23
New York, 20th Century Italian Art, The Museum of Modern Art, 1949
Cleveland, Modigliani - Soutine Exhibition, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951
New York, Modigliani - Soutine Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, 1951
Palm Beach, Amedeo Modigliani, The Society of the Four Arts, 1954 - nº 21
Miami, Amedeo Modigliani, The Lowe Art Gallery, 1954 - nº 21
Kansas city, Contemporary art by Jewish artists, Nelson Gallery, 1955 - nº 1
Houston, From Gauguin to Gorky, The Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, 1960 - nº 44
Boston. Modigliani: Paintings and Drawings. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, 1961 - nº 33
Los Angeles. Modigliani: Paintings and Drawings. Exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum, 1961 - nº 33
New haven, The collection og Gianni Mattioli, 1961
Washington D.C., Paintings from the Abright-Knox Art Gallery, National Gallery of Ar, 1968
Buenos Aires, 109 Works from Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. 1969 - nº 34
Budapest, Modigliani, 1969 - nº 35
New York, Amedeo Modigliani; loan exhibition, Acquavella Galleries, 1971 - nº 44 (dated 1919)
Paris, Modigliani, Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981 - nº 63
Tokyo, Modigliani exhibition, National Museum, 1985 - nº 109
Nagoya, Modigliani exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, 1985 - nº 109
Düsseldorf, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1991- nº 69
Zurich, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunsthaus, 1991 - nº 69
Buffalo NY, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Albright-Knox Gallery, 2002-2003 - nº 36
Fort Worth, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Kimbell art Museum, 2003 - nº 36
Los Angeles, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2003 - nº 36
New York, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004
Toronto, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Art Gallery of Ontario, 2004 - 2005
Washington D.C., Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Phillips Collection, 2005
London, Modigliani and his models, Royal Academy of Arts, 2006 - nº 31
Milwaukee, From Van Gogh to Pollock, Calatrava Art Museum, 2015
Buffalo, Picasso: The artist and his models, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 2016-2017


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Other

Nº 193 in D'Atri papers as La Jeune Bonne (Marie Feret) - dated 1919, painted in Nice - Provenance Bertin > Bignou 1929 > Guillaume

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This painting presents holes in the 4 corners

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Signature of the painting:

signature


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

ears

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There is another painting probably a small face sketch for a bigger composition known as le col marin:

Girl in a Sailor's Blouse amedeo modigliani





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