Madame Zborowska
Oil on canvas, 1916–1919?
Identification
- Published titles
- English: Madame Zborowska; Portrait of Madame Zborowska.
- Date
- This investigation records conflicting dates of 1916, 1918 and 1919.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas.
- Dimensions
- 40.5 × 32 cm (unconfirmed).
- Signature
- Signed modigliani at bottom right.
- Present location
- Collection unknown.
- Verso
- A certification by Moïse Kisling, Paris, 1 June 1931: « Je certifie que ce tableau est de Modigliani. »
Catalogue numbers
| Compiler | Number |
|---|---|
| Arthur Pfannstiel | NO |
| Joseph Lanthemann | NO |
| Ambrogio Ceroni | NO |
| Jeanne Modigliani | NO |
| Christian Parisot | ? |
| Osvaldo Patani | NO |
| Modigliani Project | ? |
| MR | ? |
| Modigliani Initiative | ? |
Legal note on MR: This investigation has not had access to MR’s catalogue raisonné; all research here is based on open sources, publications and exhibitions. By no means has that catalogue been copied at any point. Modigliani Project and Modigliani Initiative are marked YES when the work is published or otherwise recorded by those projects, even if no catalogue number is assigned; otherwise the field is marked ?.
Provenance
- Léopold Zborowski, Paris.
- Unrecorded interval.
- E. Reiffers Collection, Luxembourg, 1933.
- Unrecorded interval.
- Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris, 14 May 1935, lot 8.
- Thereafter unrecorded.
The sequence follows the published museum, sale, and catalogue record in this investigation. Gaps and uncertain transfers are marked as such.
Selected bibliography
Book-length publications are marked with a footnote giving a full citation. Exhibition catalogues appear in both this list and the exhibition list when this investigation recorded them in both places.
- Émile Schaub-Koch, 1933 (reproduced).1
Exhibitions
- Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition, 1933, no. 83.
Notes
D’Atri papers no. 83, titled Portrait de Madame Zborowska, without size or date; provenance given as E. Reiffers, Luxembourg, 1933.
This investigation notes that the work has not been examined in person and, in several cases, not even in a reliable colour reproduction.
The original page of this investigation marked several fields as still being checked. The facts above are those already published; where the sources disagree, both readings are given.
Footnotes
- Émile Schaub-Koch, Modigliani, Lille, Valentin Bresel, 1933.