Secret Modigliani

Paintings listed by Osvaldo Patani — 1898–1914

Amedeo Modigliani — investigation file


Patani’s preface to the 1991 Catalogo Generale stated:

"After almost 45 years of patient searching, of severe and scrupulous critical thinking and study, the author
has decided to release the Painting works by modigliani of wich there are so many false works so well done.
Only including the solid works with full bibliography and undoubted pedigree"
( Patani, Catalogo Generale, p. 27)

The printed entries for 1898–1914 are reproduced below, with dimension corrections noted where recorded.
The extract below covers the period 1898–1914 as printed.

The works below follow Osvaldo Patani’s published selection.
The works are recorded as listed by that compiler.

1898 to 1914
1915 to 1916
1917 to 1920
1898 to 1914

In this period we have 55 works
Mistakes in 37 works
1898-1907
Tuscan Road by Amedeo Modiglianiseated boy - the son of Michelli amedeo ModiglianiAlbertina Olfer Amedeo Modigliani
1
Tuscan landscape
1898-99
Oil on cardcoard
21 x 35 cm
Unsigned

Correct size: 21 x 37 cm

2
Seated boy (son of G. Micheli)
1901
Oil on canvas
60 x 35 cm
Unsigned
3
Young woman
1904-05
Oil on canvas
19 x 14 cm
Unsigned

Correct size: 24 x 19 cm
Oil on wood
Signed and located in the back

Mme Cadorin amedeo Modiglianila duse woman head amedeo modiglianiWoman head or Beauty spot amedeo modigliani
4
Seated woman (Signora Cadorin)
1905
Oil on canvas
42.5 x 68.5 cm
Unsigned
5
Woman bust (Eleonora Duse)
1904-05
Oil on canvas
32.5 x 24.5 cm
Signed top left

Correct size: 32.7 x 24.8 cm
Oil on canvas laid on wood

6
Woman head
1906
Oil on canvas
33 x 24 cm
Signed bottom right

Correct size: 32.5 x 24.5 cm

Woman with blue shawl amedeo modiglianiwoman bust amedeo modigliani
7
Woman bust with blue scarf
1907
Oil on canvas
33 x 24 cm
Unsigned

Correct size: 30.5 x 22.9 cm

8
Woman bust
1907
Oil on canvas
45.5 x 32.5 cm
Signed and dated bottom right

Correct size:46.1 x 33.2 cm

9
Woman head in profile
1907
Oil on canvas
35.5 x 29.5 cm
Signed, text "à P. Alexandre" bottom left
1908-1909
the jewess amedeo modiglianinude woman bust amedeo modigliani
10
Young woman
1908
Oil on canvas
57 x 55 cm
Signed bottom left

Correct size: 58 x 55 cm

11
The jewish
1908
Oil on canvas
55 x 46 cm
Signed top left

Correct size: 54.9 x 46 cm

12A/12B
Woman with hat/Maud Abrantes
1908
Oil on canvas
81 x 54 cm
Unsigned

Correct size: 81.3 x 53.3 cm

13
Nude study
1908
Oil on canvas
81 x 54 cm
Signed bottom right

Correct size: 81 x 53.3 cm

14
Seated nude
1908
Oil on canvas
73 x 50 cm
Signed bottom right
15
Bust of young nude
1908
Oil on canvas
61 x 38 cm
Signed bottom left
jean baptiste alexandre- alexandres father amedeo modiglianiSTUDY FOR PAUL ALEXANDRE PORTRAIT OR PORTRAIT UNFINISHED OF PAUL ALEXANDRE BY AMEDEO MODIGLIANIpaul alexandre brown background amedeo modigliani
16
Jean Baptiste Alexandre
1909
Oil on canvas
92 x 73 cm
Signed and dated top left

Correct size: 92 x 75 cm

17
Studio for Paul Alexandre
1909
Oil on canvas
100 x 81 cm
Signed and dated bottom left
18
Paul Alexandre, brown background
1909
Oil on canvas
100 x 81 cm
Unsigned
jean Alexandre amedeo modiglianiEngraver weill amedeo modigliani
19
Paul Alexandre, green background
1909
Oil on canvas
100 x 81 cm
Unsigned

Correct size: 100.5 x 81.5 cm

20A / 20B
Jean Alexandre / Seated nude
1909
Oil on canvas
81 x 60 cm
Unsigned
21
Engraver Weill
1909
Oil on canvas
73 x 60 cm
Signed top right

Correct size: 72 x 59 cm
No Mention to painting on verso

Pedro the typographer amedeo modigliani
22
Maurice Drouard
1909
Oil on canvas
61 x 46 cm
Unsigned

Correct size: 59 x 44 cm

23
The typhographer (Pedro)
1909
Oil on canvas
52.3 x 46.3 cm
Signed top right

Correct size: 54.9 x 46.3 cm

24
Engraver Potin
1909
Oil on canvas
42 x 25.5 cm
Unsigned
the amazone amedeo modigliani
25
The beggar woman
1909
Oil on canvas
46 x 38 cm
Signed top left and text à Jean Alexandre

Correct size: 46 x 37.5 cm

26
The beggar of Livorno
1909
Oil on canvas
65 x 54 cm
Signed bottom right and dated

Correct size: 65.8 x 52.4 cm

27
The Amazon
1909
Oil on canvas
92 x 65 cm
Unsigned

Correct size: 92 x 65.6 cm
Signed "Modigliani" bottom left in red

woman with hat amedeo modiglianiCello player studio amedeo modigliani
28
Woman with hat
1909
Oil on cardboard
35 x 27 cm
Unsigned

No Mention to painting on verso

29A / 29B
Studio for the Chello Player/ Sketch for Brancusi
1909
Oil on canvas
73 x 60 cm
Signed bottom right (29A)
30
Gypsy boy
1909
Oil on canvas
81 x 54 cm
Unsigned or no mention to signature ?

Signed "modigliani" top right

Joseph Levi amedeo modigliani
31
Joseph Lévi
1909
Oil on canvas
55 x 50 cm
Signed top right

Correct size: 55 x 46 cm
The signature is top left

32
The Cello player
1909
Oil on canvas
130 x 81 cm
Signed bottom right

Correct size: 131 x 81cm

1910-1914
woman bust amedeo modiglianiPaul Alexandre
33
Head of young woman
1910
Oil on canvas
41 x 27 cm
Unsigned

Correct size: 41.3 x 25.4 cm

34
Bust of young woman
1910
Oil on canvas
55 x 38 cm
Unsigned

Correct size: 54.5 x 37.5 cm
The signature is in the back

35
Paul Alexandre
1911
Oil on canvas
92 x 60 cm
Signed bottom right
Standing nude arms open amedeo modiglianiStanding nude arms closed amedeo modiglianiStanding Nude Amedeo Modigliani
36
Nude standing with arms half open (Cariatide)
1911
Oil on cardboard
120 x 41 cm
Unsigned

Correct size: 121.9 x 40.6 cm

37
Nude standing with arms crossed (Cariatide)
1911
Oil on cardboard
120 x 41 cm
Unsigned

Correct size: 121.9 x 40.6 cm

38
Nude standing with arms crossed (Cariatide)
1911
Oil on cardboard on wood
82.8 x 47.9 cm
Signed bottom right

Oil on cardboard (no wood)

Cariatide amedeo modiglianiCariatide amedeo modiglianiCariatide amedeo modigliani
39
Cariatide supported on right knee
1912-13
Oil on canvas
72.5 x 50 cm
Unsigned

Correct size: 72.9 x 50.1 cm

40
Cariatide
1913
Oil on canvas
81 x 45 cm
Unsigned

Correct size: 80 x 45.8 cm
Provenance is all mixed up

41
Cariatide
1913
Oil on canvas
81 x 46 cm
Unsigned

Correct size: 87.5 x 67 cm

Red bust amedeo modiglianiCariatide amedeo modigliani
42
Bust study ( Red bust)
1913
Oil on canvas
81 x 46 cm
Unsigned

Correct size: 81.2 x 53.3 cm

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study for Diego rivera portrait by amedeo modiglianidiego rivera by amedeo modiglianiDiego rivera portrait by amedeo modigliani
45
Sketch for Diego Rivera
1914
Oil on canvas
65 x 54 cm
Unsigned
46
Diego Rivera study
1914
Oil on cardboard
100 x 79 cm
Unsigned

Correct size: 100.2 x 81.3 cm

47
Diego Rivera
1914
Oil on cardboard
104 x 75 cm
Signed top left

Correct size: 104 x 75.2 cm

reverie, frank burty haviland studio by amedeo modiglianifrank burty haviland by amedeo modiglianibeatrice hastings in fron of the piano by amedeo modigliani
48
Frank Burty Haviland study
1914
Oil on cardboard
62.2 x 49.4 cm
Unsigned
49
Frank Burty Haviland
1914
Oil on cardboard
72.5 x 59.5 cm
Unsigned
50
Beatrice Hastings in front of a piano
1914
Oil on canvas
102 x 48 cm
Signed top left

Oil on cardboard
Correct size: 102 x 48.5 cm (?)

Beatrice Hastings with hat amedeo modiglianiseated woman with glass amedeo modiglianiNext Period >
51
Beatrice Hastings with hat
1914
Oil on canvas
58 x 37 cm
Signed

Oil on cardboard
Correct size: 41 x 27 cm

52
Woman seated with glass
1914
Oil on cardboard
102 x 51 cm
Signed top left

Correct size: 103 x 50.5 cm

1898 to 1914
1915 to 1916
1917 to 1920

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.