Lunia Czechowska
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 339 Nº 346 Nº 320 YES 8/1919 Nº 332 ? ?
Date 1919
Title Lunia Czechowska profile - Madame Czechowska - Lunia "Cekowska"
Materials Oil on canvas ?
Size 56 x 39 cm? (Ceroni, Patani, Parisot 46 x 33 - Pfannstiel 47 x 33)
Signature: Signed "modigliani " top right
Actual Location Agnelli Collection?
Provenance -?-

Leopold Zborowski, Paris
Netter Collection, Paris
Bing et Cie Galllery, Paris
Gualino Collection, Torino (sold 1934)
Sale: Z. Pisa S.A.F Milano, 7 / February / 1934 - lot 189, pl. CXXVII
Valdameri Collection, Milano
FruaDe Angeli Collection, Milano (by 1946)
Private Collection, New York?
Roundell Dickinson, London ?
Marella Agnelli Collection, Milano ?
Agnelli Collection (Inheritance from above) ?


In process

Bibliography -?-

Salmon, Modigliani, sa vie et son oeuvre, Ed. des Quatres Chemins, Paris, 1926, pl. 34
Scheiwiller, Arte Moderna Italiana nº 8 Amedeo Modigliani, U. Hoepli Ed. Milano, 1927, pl. 21
Scheiwiller, Editions des Chroniques du jour, Paris, 1928, pl. 19 or 20?
Dale, Modigliani, Knopf, New York, 1929, pl. 21
Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Louis Latourrettes, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 53
Sale: Vente Z. Pisa S.A.F. MIlano - 7 / 2 / 1934 - Lot 189, pl. 77
Taguchi, Modigliani, Alier-Sha Tokyo, 1936, pl. 27
Franchi, Modigliani, Arnaud, Firenze, 1944, pl. 29
Vitali, Exh. Cat. Associazione fra gli amatori e i cultori delle arti figurative contemporanee, Milano, 1946, - nº 16
Franchi, Modigliani, Arnaud, Firenze, 1947, pl. 45
Carrieri, 12 opere di Amedeo Modigliani, Ed. del Milione, Milano 1947 - 1950, pl. 11
Mostra d'Arte contemporanea (40 anni d'arte Italiana) 1949, pl. 8
Apollonio, 1950, pl. 7
Cahier d' Art, Paris, 1950, p. 183
Reynal, Histoire de la peinture moderne de Picasso au Surrélisme, Skira, Geneva, 1950, p. 37
Lipchitz, Amedeo Modigliani, H.N. Abrams, New York, 1952, p. 19
Lipchitz, Amedeo Modigliani, H.N. Abrams, New York, 1953, pl. 14
Marchiori, Modigliani, Milan, 1953
Descargues, Amedeo Modigliani, Braun, Paris, 1954, pl. 52
Lipchitz, Amedeo Modigliani, H.N. Abrams, New York, 1954, pl. 40
T. Soby, Modigliani, Museum of Modern art, New York, catalogue exp. 1954, p. 55
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 339 - titled Woman head in profile (Mme. Czechowska) - dated 1919 - size 47 x 33
San Lazzaro, Modigliani-Portraits, Hazan, Paris, 1957, p. 3
San Lazzaro, Modigliani portraits, Tudor Publishing, New York, 1957, pl. 3
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 - nº 148
La Donna inspiratrice d'Arte, Castelfranco Veneto, 1958
Russoli, Amedeo Modigliani, Silvana Editoriale d'Arte, Milano, 1958, pl. 34
Russoli, Amedeo Modigliani, Exhib. catalogue Palazzo Reale, Edizioni dell'ente manifestazioni Milanesi, Milano, 1958 - nº 47
Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, Garzanti, Milano 1967, p. 148
Ponente, Modigliani, Ed. Toray, Barcelona, 1969 - nº 68
Geza, Modigliani, Budapest, Corvina Kiadó, 1969 - nº 45
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 346 - titled LaCzechowska - dated 1919
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - nº 320 - titled Lunia Czechowska in profile - dated 1919 - size 46 x 33
Arno, New York, 1972, p. 43
Ceroni & Cachin, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani, Paris, 1972 - nº 320 - titled Lunia Czechowska in profile - dated 1919 - size 46 x 33
Mann, Modigliani, Thames and Hudson, London, 1980 - nº 138
Roy, Modigliani, Nathan, Paris, 1985, p. 120
Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Editions ACR, Paris, 1987, p. 208
Mondadori, Modigliani a Montparnasse, Mondadori, Milano, 1988, p. 90
Parisot, Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1988, p. 205
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 8/1919 - titled Lunia Czechowska - dated 1919 - size 46 x 33
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 332 - titled Lunia Czechowska in profile - dated 1919 - size 46 x 33
Parisot, Modigliani, Pierre Terrail, Paris, 1992, p. 155
Da Rosa, Modigliani, Giunti G. E, Firenze, 1996, p. 59
Krystof, Amedeo Modigliani: The Poetry of Seeing, Taschen, Cologne,1996, 2000, p. 74
Klein, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth - Braun, The faces of Modigliani, The Jewish Museum, 2004-2005, p. 38, pl. 17
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007


In process


Exhibitions -?-

Venezia, Mostra retrospettiva di Modigliani – Curated by Lionello Venturi - Biennale di Venezia , Sala XII degli Appels d'Italie, 1930 - nº 5
Milano, Associazione fra gli amatori e i cultori delle arti figurative contemporanee, 1946 - nº 16 (dated 1919 - size 47 x 33)
Mostra d'arte contemporanea (40 anni d'arte Italiana): mostra degli artisti Siciliani, Catania, Palermo, February-April, 1949 - nº 25
Brussels, Italian Contemporary art. Palais des beaux-arts, 1950 - nº 74
Amsterdam, Modigliani, Stedelijk Museum, 1950
Paris, Musée national d´Art Modrne, 1950
London, Tate Gallery 1950
Cleveland, Modigliani - Soutine Exhibition, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951
New York, Modigliani - Soutine Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, 1951, p. 43
Stockholm, 1953 ?
Bern, Modigliani, Campigli, Sironi, Kunsthalle, 1955 - nº 33
Milano, Mostra di Amedeo Modigliani, Palazzo Reale, Curated by Franco Russoli, 1958 - nº 47
Budapest, Modigliani, 1969
New York, Amedeo Modigliani; loan exhibition, Acquavella Galleries, 1971 - nº 49 (dated 1919)
New York, Modigliani,1972 ?

In process

Other Nº 224 in D'Atri papers as Portrait of Mme. Czechowska ( teté de profil ) - size 56 x 39 - Provenance: Netter Collection acquired from Zborowski in 1929

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Probably this other painting may be a sketch for the larger composition?

Lunia Czechowska profile- Lunia Czechowska profile amedeo modigliani
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Detail of signature:

signature



Detail of signature extraction to see it more clear:

signature infrared

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Infra red image of the painting showing the drawing lines of the body and neck:

IR
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The eyes:

eyes

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Detail of the ear where the drawing in orange line is clearly visible and is detailed in 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 - nº 5

Venezia, Mostra retrospettiva di Modigliani – Curated by Lionello Venturi - Biennale di Venezia , Sala XII degli Appels d'Italie, 1930 - nº 5

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