Rêverie, or study for the portrait of Frank Burty Haviland
Oil on cardboard — 1914 ?
Identification
- Title
- English: Study for the portrait of Frank Burty Haviland; Frank Haviland
French: Reverie; Portrait du peintre Frank Haviland; Rêverie; Reverie (Frank Burty Haviland); Rêverie (Frank Haviland); Reverie (Portrait of Frank Burty Haviland); Rêverie - Portrait de Monsieur Burty; Frank Haviland (étude); Portrait de Frank Burty Haviland.
Italian: Ritratto di Frank Haviland; Studio per il "Ritratto di Frank Burty Haviland"
- Date
- 1914 ?
- Medium
- Oil on cardboard? (Ceroni oil on paper - Modigliani Initiative: Oil and Graphite on cardboard)
- Dimensions
- 62.23 × 49.53 cm (Pfannstiel 65 x 50 - Ceroni 61 x 50)
- Signature
- Unsigned
- Present location
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison Collection. (27.7.2a)
Catalogue numbers
| Compiler | Number |
|---|---|
| Arthur Pfannstiel | no. 35 |
| Joseph Lanthemann | no. 48 |
| Ambrogio Ceroni | no. 43 |
| Jeanne Modigliani | YES |
| Christian Parisot | 5/1914 |
| Osvaldo Patani | no. 48 |
| Modigliani Project | YES |
| MR | YES |
| Modigliani Initiative | YES |
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
- Burty Haviland Coll. Paris (1914)
- Galerie J. Bucher, Paris
- Sale Hotel Drouot, 2- 10-1926 - no. 21
- William Preston Harrison Coll. (Los Angeles, 1927, acquired from above)
- Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison Collection Lent to LACMA (27.7.2)
- Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art, as a gift from above (1927)
- Transfer to Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Los Angeles, Calif. USA (1961)
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.
- Pfannstiel, "catalogue presume" Modigliani. L'Art et la Vie. Preface by Louis Latourette, Seheur, Paris, 1929, p. 7
- Langsner, Jules. "Art news from Los Angeles." ArtNews (New York) 55, no. 3 (May 1956), ill. in b/w, p. 15, as Reverie.
- L.A.C.M. Bulletin of the Art Division, VI, no. 1, 1954 p. 16-17
- Descargues, Modigliani, 1954, pl. 24
- Art News, New York, May 1956, p. 15
- Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son œuvre, étude critique et catalogue raisonné, Bibliothèque des Arts, Paris, 1956 - no. 35
- Jeanne Modigliani, Modigliani: Man and Myth, Orion Press, New York, 1958, p. 753
- Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 - no. 33
- Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, 1968, p. 86
- Diehl, Modigliani, Ed. Flamarion. 1969, p. 31
- Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son œuvre, son art, Barcelona, 1970 - no. 48
- Ceroni & Piccioni, I dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - no. 43
- Hubbard, Modigliani and the painters of Montparnasse, Lamplight Publ. New York, 1975, p. 13, pl. 3 (size 61 x 50 cm)
- Guindertael, 1976, pl. III
- Hall, Modigliani, Oxford, 1979 - no. 17
- Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981, p. 111
- Tokyo, Modigliani, National Museum of Modern Art, 1985, no. 39
- Roy Modigliani, Paris, 1985, p.39
- Castieau-Barrielle, Modigliani, ACR Editions Paris 1987, p. 1087
- Diehl, Modigliani, Crown Publishers, New York, 1989, p. 33
- Royal Academy of Arts, Italian Art in the 20th Century: painting and Sculpture, 1900-1988, Prestel, London, 1989, p. 135
- Parisot, Catalogue Raisonné Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - no. 5/1914
- Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo ed. Milano 1991-94 - no. 48
- Schmalenbach, Amedeo Modigliani, Prestel-Verlag, 1991 p. 69 - no. 2110
- Painting I: Materials, Techniques. Musashino University of Art Press, 2001.
- Wayne, Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse, Abrams-Albright-knox gallery, 2002, p. 8111
- Soto Caba, Modigliani, the timeless face, Libsa, 2007
Exhibitions
- Los Angeles, Preston Harrison Collection of Modern French Art, Los Angeles County Museum, 1929
- Los Angeles, Preston Harrison Collection, Los Angeles County Museum, 1956
- Chicago, Amedeo Modigliani, The Arts Club, 1959
- Milwaukee, Amedeo Modigliani, Milwaukee Arts center, 1959
- Cincinnati, Amedeo Modigliani, Cincinnati Arts Museum, 1959 - no. 3
- Boston, The arts club, 1961 - no. 3
- Los Angeles, Amedeo Modigliani, LACMA, 1961 - no. 3
- London, Modigliani, Tate Gallery, 1963 - no. 4
- Edinburgh, Modigliani, Royal academy, 1963 - no. 4
- Frankfurt, Steinernes Haas, 1963 - no. 6
- New York, Amedeo Modigliani; loan exhibition, Acquavella Galleries, Inc. 1971 - no. 4
- Tokyo, Modigliani exhibition, Daimaru, 1979, no. 3
- Osaka, Modigliani exhibition, Daimaru, 1979 - no. 3
- Paris, Modigliani, Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981 - no. 19
- Tokyo, Modigliani, National Museum of Modern Art, 1985 - no. 39
- London, Italian Art in the 20th Century: painting and Sculpture, 1900-1988, Royal Academy of Arts, 1989 - no. 59
- Munich, Italian Art, 1988, p. 59
- Düsseldorf , Amedeo Modigliani, Art Gallery of Nordrhein-Westfalen 1991 no. 14
- Zurich, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthaus , 1991 - no. 14
- Buffalo NY, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Albright-Knox Gallery, 2002-2003 - no. 4
- Fort Worth, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Kimbell art Museum, 2003 - no. 4
- Los Angeles, Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2003 - no. 4
Notes
No. 270 in D’Atri papers - oil on cardboard 65 x 50 cm - unsigned - 1915 - Reference to sale Drouot 20/10/1926
Image of the painting pre and post cleaning:
Image of the two portraits of Burty Haviland (other is at the Mattioli collection on loan to Peggy Guggenheim Venezia)
Pencil sketch for this portrait actually at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris:
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) confirms Reverie (Study for the Portrait of Frank Burty Haviland) (inv. 27.7.2a), oil and graphite on cardboard, 62.23 × 49.53 cm, 1914, Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison Collection.
Where sources disagree, both readings are given. This is a working research page, not a catalogue raisonné.
Footnotes
- Arthur Pfannstiel, Modigliani. L’Art et la Vie, preface by Louis Latourette, Paris, Seheur, 1929 (presumed catalogue).
- Arthur Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son œuvre, étude critique et catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque des Arts, 1956.
- Jeanne Modigliani, Modigliani: Man and Myth, New York, Orion Press, 1958.
- Ambrogio Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; suivi des souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Milan, Edizioni del Milione, 1958.
- Joseph Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son œuvre, son art, Barcelona, G. Condal, 1970.
- Ambrogio Ceroni and Leone Piccioni, I dipinti di Modigliani, Milan, Rizzoli, 1970.
- Thérèse Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l’œuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Paris, ACR, 1987.
- Christian Parisot, Catalogue raisonné Modigliani, Livorno, Graphis Arte, 1991.
- Osvaldo Patani, Amedeo Modigliani: catalogo generale, Milan, Leonardo, 1991–94.
- Werner Schmalenbach, Amedeo Modigliani, Munich, Prestel, 1990.
- Kenneth Wayne, Modigliani and the Artists of Montparnasse, New York, Abrams / Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 2002.
- Victoria Soto Caba, Modigliani: The Timeless Face, Madrid, Libsa, 2007.