man in orange background  by amedeo modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 255 Nº 385 Nº 273 YES 44/1918 Nº 286 YES ?
Date 1918?
Title Seated man in front of an orange background - Man sitting, orange background - Max Jacob? - Doctor X - Cello player?
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 100 x 64.8 cm
Signature: Unsigned
Actual Location Private Collection
Provenance -?-
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Leopold Zborowski, Paris
Netter Collection, Paris

Sale: Christie's - London, 20/June/ 2006 - Sale 7243 - Lot 137
Estimated: 2.000.000 - 3.000.000 GBP - Sold: 3.648.000 GBP

Private Collection?

In process

Bibliography -?-
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Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 40 - reproduced in p. 120
Scheiwiller, Arte Moderna Italiana nº 8 Amedeo Modigliani, U. Hoepli Ed. Milano, 1936-XIV, p. 27
Scheiwiller, Arte Moderna Italiana nº 8 Amedeo Modigliani, U. Hoepli Ed. Milan, 1950, p. 27
Cocteau, Modigliani, Paris et Feldafing, 1952 & 1954, pl. 6
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 255 - titled man against an orange background - dated 1918
Scheiwiller, Arte Moderna Italiana nº 8 Amedeo Modigliani, U. Hoepli Ed. Zurich, 1958
Modigliani J. , Modigliani: Man and Myth, Orion Press, New York, 1958
Modigliani J. , Modigliani senza leggenda, Vallecchi Editore, Firenze, 1958
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 - nº 111
Modigliani J. , Modigliani sans légende, Gruend, Paris, 1961 - nº 49
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 385 - titled Seated man / Max Jacob ? - dated 1919
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 273 - titled Seated man - dated 1918
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 287 - titled Seated man against an orange background - dated 1918
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 44/1918 - titled Seated man against an orange background - dated 1918
Klein, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004-2005, p. 153, pl. 69 - dated 1918
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007

In process

Exhibitions -?-
?

Zurich, Italienische Maler, Kunsthaus, 1925 - nº 102
Venezia, Mostra retrospettiva di Modigliani – Curated by Lionello Venturi - Biennale di Venezia , Sala XII degli Appels d'Italie, 1930 - nº 16
Paris, Modigliani Peintures, Galerie de France, 1945-46 - nº 18
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Chiba, Modigliani et son époque, Paris 1910-1920, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, 1997 - nº 5
Osaka, Modigliani et son époque, Paris 1910-1920, Kintetsu Museum of Art, 1997
Yamagata, Modigliani et son époque, Paris 1910-1920, Museum of Art, 1997
Niigata,Modigliani et son époque, Paris 1910-1920, Museum of Art, 1997
Miyazaki, Modigliani et son époque, Paris 1910-1920, Museum of Art, November, 1997
Kitakyushu, Modigliani et son époque, Paris 1910-1920, Municipal Museum, 1997- 1998 and
Tokyo, Modigliani et son époque, Paris 1910-1920, Daimaru Museum of Art, 1998
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

In process

Other
Not in D' Atri papers ?

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This painting presents holes in the corners

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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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The painting at the Venezia, Mostra retrospettiva di Modigliani – Curated by Lionello Venturi - Biennale di Venezia , Sala XII degli Appels d'Italie, 1930

The painting at the Venezia, Mostra retrospettiva di Modigliani – Curated by Lionello Venturi - Biennale di Venezia , Sala XII degli Appels d'Italie, 1930

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