Picasso by Amedeo Modigliani
Pfannstiel Lanthemann Ceroni J. Modigliani Parisot Patani Restellini Wayne
Nº 64 Nº 670 Nº 86 YES 10/1915 Nº 89 YES YES
Date 1915 ?
Title Picasso portrait
Materials Oil on cardboard (Pfannstiel: canvas - Ceroni : canvas - Restellini in 1999 Canvas - in 2002 papier marouflé - Parisot. canvas & later wood- Christie's: Oil on paper laid down on card, canvas backed)
Size 34.2 x 26.3 cm (Pfannstiel 34 x 26 - Ceroni 35 x 27 - Restellini 34.2 x 26.5 - 1955 exhib. 36 x 29)
Signature: Signed "Modigliani"bottom right - Text "Savoir" center right - Text "Picasso" top center (in central low area there is another text unreadable?)
Actual Location Private Collection, Moscow?
Provenance -?-

Girard Coll. , Paris ( by 1933 ?)
George Moos, Geneve (in 1955 - 1970's)

Sale Christie's - Sale 5089 - Impressionist & Modern Paintings & Watercolours - London|29 November 1993 - Lot 18
Estimate GBP 450,000 - GBP 550,000 - Sold: GBP 551,500

Galerie Schmidt, Paris
Private Collection, Moscow?

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Bibliography -?-

Jedlicka, Modigliani, E. Rentsch, Zürich, 1953 , pl. 10
T. Soby, Modigliani, Museum of Modern art, New York, catalogue exp. 1954, p. 22
Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - nº 64
Modigliani J. , Modigliani: Man and Myth, Orion Press, New York, 1958
Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958 - nº 51
Roy , Modigliani, Skira, Lausanne, 1958, p. 36
Modigliani J. , Modigliani sans légende, Gruend, Paris, 1961 pl. 31
Werner, Amedeo Modigliani, Cercle d'art, Paris,1968, p. 97
Diehl, Modigliani, Ed. Flamarion, Paris, 1969, p. 51
Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - nº 670
Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1972 - nº 86
Robert, Dictionnaire universal de la peinture, Vol. 4, p. 49
Mann, Modigliani, Thames and Hudson, London, 1980 p. 93
Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Modigliani exib. cat., 1981, p. 116 - nº 27
Modigliani J. Racconta Modigliani, Paris, 1984 p. 86
Roy, Modigliani, Nathan, Paris, 1985 p. 41
Catalogue Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, nov. 1985 - nº 15 ?
Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Editions ACR, Paris, 1987 p. 100
Parisot, Modigliani, Livorno, 1988 p. 85
Buisson,La scuola di Parigi e Modigliani, Paris, 1989, p. 104
Martigny, Modigliani, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 1990 pp. 110-111- nº 38
Schmalenbach, Amedeo Modigliani, Prestel, Munich, 1990 p. 68, nº 20
Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 - nº 10/1915
Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - nº 89
Parisot, Modigliani, Pierre Terrail, Paris, 1992, p. 65
Monti a cura de R. Chiappini, Catalogue Amedeo Modigliani, Lugano, Skira, 1999
Krystof, Amedeo Modigliani: The Poetry of Seeing, Taschen, Cologne, 2000 p. 43
Decrooq-Restellini, L'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2002 pp. 210-211
Wayne, Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse, Abrams-Albright-knox gallery, 2002 , p. 35
Klein, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth, The Jewish Museum, 2004-2005 p. 52
Fraquelli, Modigliani and His Models. Exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts. London, 2006
Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007
Ireson, Fraquelli, Modigliani, London, Tate Modern, Skira Rizzoli, London, 2017 , p. 83


In process

Exhibitions -?-

Bruxelles, Modigliani: Retrospective Exhibition. Palais des beaux-arts, 1933 - nº 10
Basel, Amedeo Modigliani, Kunsthalle, 1934 - nº 3
Bern, Modigliani, Campigli, Sironi, Kunsthalle, 1955 - nº 6
Paris, Cent Tableaux de Modigliani, Galerie Charpentier, 1958 - nº 20
Milano, Mostra di Amedeo Modigliani, Curated by Franco Russoli, 1958 - nº 13
Roma, Modigliani, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna,  1959, - nº 8 
Edinburgh, Modigliani, Royal Scottish Academy, 1963 - nº 15
London, Modigliani, Tate Gallery, 1963 - nº 15
Liege, Modigliani exhibition. Musée Saint Georges, 1980- nº 28
Paris, Modigliani, Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981 - nº 27
Martigny, Modigliani, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 1990 - nº 38 (as oil on canvas)
Düsseldorf, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1991- nº 20
Zurich, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunsthaus, 1991- nº 20
Lugano, Amedeo Modigliani, Museo d’Arte Moderna, 1995 - nº 15
Paris, Modigliani: l'ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, 2002 - nº 33
London, Modigliani and his models, Royal Academy of Arts, 2006 - nº 6
Moscow, Meeting Modigliani, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, 2007
Bonn, Amedeo Modigliani: Ein Mythos der Moderne, Bundesrepublik, 2009 - nº 55 (as oil on wood)
Rovereto, Modigliani scultore, MART, 2010- 2011
London, Modigliani, Tate Modern, 2017-2018


In process

Other
Nº 10 in D'Atri papers as Picasso, Pablo- dated 1915 - Girard Collection 1933

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Signature of the painting:

signature

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

ears


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There is a large number of drawings of Picasso.

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The images available are strange in the color changes, a restoration or cleaning of the work would not affect so strongly the blue color and the
white are near savoir text, the cardboard should be white in origin.
color changes in picasso portrait by modigliani


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The painting framed at Mart Rovereto exhibit:

picasso portrait framed
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