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frans Hellens by Amedeo Modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 312 Nº 351 Nº 285 YES ? NO ? ?
Date 1916 - 1919 ?
Title Frans Hellens - Franz Hellens
Materials Oil on canvas
Size 46 x 34 cm?
Signature: Signed "modigliani" top right
Actual Location Private Collection?
Provenance -?-

Delporte Collection, Brussels (acquired previously to1933)
Unknown (1956-1958)
Georges Daelemans Collection, Brussels (acquired 1958?)
Sale: Christie's, New York, 13 / November / 1984 - Lot 128
Private Collection
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 10 / February / 2011 - Lot 16
Estimate: 2.000.000 - 3.000.000 GBP - Sold: 3.513.250 GBP
Private Collection

In process

Bibliography -?-

Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 312 - titled Le Poete Franz Hellens - dated 1917
Hellens, Documents Secrets, 1905-1956. Histoire sentimentale de mes livres et quelques amitiés, Paris, 1958, p. 78
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 351 - titled Man portrait - dated 1919
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 285 - titled Frans Hellens - dated 1919
Ceroni & Cachin, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani, Paris, 1972 - nº 285 - titled Frans Hellens - dated 1919
Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Modigliani exhib. cat., 1981 - nº 78 - titled Frans Hellens - dated 1919
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007

In process
Exhibitions -?-

Brussels, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition. Palais des beaux-arts, 1933 - nº 78
Brussels, Frans Hellens, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, 1957
Paris, Cent Tableaux de Modigliani, Galerie Charpentier, 1958 - nº 32 - dated in 1916
Paris, Ecole de Paris dans les Collections Belges, Musée National d'Art Moderne, 1959 - nº 112 - dated in 1916
Brussels, Modigliani, Musée des Beaux-Arts , 1965
Mons, Modigliani, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 1965
Liege, Modigliani exhibition. Musée Saint Georges, 1980 - nº 22 - dated 1918
Paris, Modigliani, Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981 - nº 78 - dated in 1919
Martigny, Modigliani, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 1990 - nº 99

In process
Other Nº 78 in D'Atri papers - dated in 1919 with a long description talking about the magnificent image, no provenance, only Delporte Collection in 1933

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Detail of the signature:
signature

Detail of signature in infra red to see it more clear:

signature infrared

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The eyes are the classical Modigliani style from the period:

eyes


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Detail of the ears where the drawing is clearly visible and is painted in color

ears

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