Juan Gris

Oil on canvas? — 1915 ?

Identification

Title

English: Juan Gris.

Date

1915 ?

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

54.9 x 38.1 cm

Signature

Unsigned, " top right "GRIS"

Present location

Metropolitan Art Museum, New York, USA ( Inv. no. | 67.187.85)

Catalogue numbers

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

1. Paul Guillaume, Paris
2. Private Collection, USA (1947)
3. Perls Galleries, New Yok (1950- stock no. 4695 sold for 6.200 USD to de Groot)
4. Adelaide Milton de Groot, New York (1950-1967)
5. Bequest by de Groot to Metropolitan Art Museum, New York in 1967
6. Metropolitan Art Museum, NY ( Inv. no.
7. 67.187.85)

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.

• Kahnweiler. Juan Gris: His Life and Work. New York, 1947, p. 9, fig. 7 (dated in 1918 and locates it in a private collection, USA )
• Devree. "Both Old and New: From the Early Renaissance to Picasso Range the New Exhibitions." New York Times (March 5, 1950), p. 104.
• Lipchitz, Amedeo Modigliani, H.N. Abrams, New York, 1954, pl. 60 (dated in 1916)¹
• Pfannstiel, Modigliani et son oeuvre, etude critique et catalogue raisonne, bibliotheque des arts, Paris, 1956 - no. 114 (dated in 1916)²
• Modigliani J. , Modigliani: Man and Myth, Orion Press, New York, 1958, pp. 67, 72 (dated in 1916)³⁴
• Wight. Modigliani: Paintings and Drawings. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/ Los Angeles, 1961, pp. 22, 34, no. 8, ill. p. 15 (dated in 1915)
• Modigliani J. , Modigliani sans légende, Gruend, Paris, 1961, p 77³
• Russell. Modigliani. Exh. cat., Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. 1963, pp. 14-15 - no. 8, pl. 6 (dated in 1915)
• Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Peintre; Suivi des Souvenirs de Lunia Czechowska, Edizioni del Milione, 1958, p. 42 - no. 173 (dated in 1916)⁵
• Werner, Amedeo Modigliani , H. Abrams, New York 1966, fig. 46 (dated in 1918)⁶
• Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Rizzoli, Milano, 1970 - no. 99 (dated in 1915)⁷
• Lanthemann, Modigliani, catalogue raisonné: sa vie, son oeuvre, son art, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - no. 108 (mentions another portrait of Gris)⁸
• Schlotterback. 5000 Years of Art: An Exhibition from the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Whatcom Museum of History and Art. Bellingham, Wash., 1976, p. 99, no. 73, ill., (dated in 1918)
• Fifield. Modigliani. New York, 1976, p. 191
• Schlotterback
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• Five Thousand Years of Faces. Exh. cat., Bellevue Art Museum. Bellevue, Wash., 1983, unpaginated
• Parisot,
• Modigliani, 1884–1920. Exh. cat., Centre Cultural de la Caixa de Pensions. Barcelona, 1983, p. 21, fig. 4
• Howard, ed. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. New York, 1983, p. 412, no. 5
• Hall. Modigliani. Oxford, 1984, color pl. 24
• Modigliani J. Racconta Modigliani, d. Giorgio and Guido Guastalla. Livorno, 1984, p. 98³
• Measham, 20th Century Masters from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Exh. cat., Australian National Gallery. Canberra, 1986, p. 36
• Benezra. "A Study in Irony: Modigliani's 'Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz'." Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 12, no. 2 (1986), p. 191¹
• Castieau-Barrielle, La vie et l'oeuvre de Amedeo Modigliani, Editions ACR, Paris, 1987, p. 107⁹
• Diehl, Modigliani, Crown Publishers, New York, 1989, p. 64¹⁰
• Royal Academy of Arts, Italian Art in the 20th Century: painting and Sculpture, 1900-1988, Prestel, London, 1989, p. 134
• Schmalenbach, Amedeo Modigliani, Prestel, Munich, 1990, p. 80 - no. 32¹¹
• Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo, Milano, 1991-94 - no. 104¹²
• Parisot, Catalogue Raisonee Modigliani, Graphis Arte, 1991 no. 37/1915¹³
• Kruszynski. Amedeo Modigliani: Portraits and Nudes. Munich, 1996, pp. 34, 36, 40, 45, 118, ill. p. 38
• Wayne, Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse, Abrams-Albright-knox gallery, New York, 2002, pp. 32-33, f. 7¹⁴
• MR, L'Ange au visage grave, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2002 p. 37¹⁵
• Klein / Garb, Modigliani: Beyond the Myth. Ed. Mason Klein. Exh. cat., Jewish Museum, New York. New Haven, 2004, pp.8, 45–46, fig. 2
• Soto Caba, Modigliani, The timeless face, Libsa, Madrid, 2007¹⁶
• Chiappini, Modigliani, exh. cat., Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, 2006, pp. 25-26, f. 6
• Fraquelli / Brunner, Modigliani and His Models. Exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts. London, 2006, pp. 32, 82,149, 155, no. 7, ill. p. 83¹⁷
• J. Meyers, Modigliani: A Life, Orlando, 2006, pp.110,161-162
• Jiménez-Blanco, ed. Juan Gris: Correspondencia y escritos. Barcelona, 2008, p. 86 n. 105, p. 502.
• Vitali, ed. Amedeo Modigliani: Ein Mythos der Moderne. Exh. cat., Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn. Cologne, 2009, pp. 69, 176, no. 48, ill.
• Ireson, Fraquelli, Modigliani, London, Tate Modern, Skira Rizzoli, London, 2017, p. 107¹⁸

Exhibitions

• New York. Perls Galleries. "The Perls Galleries Collection of Modern French Paintings," February 27–March 25, 1950 - no. 75
• New York. Perls Galleries. "Masterpieces from the Collection of Adelaide Milton de Groot," April 14–May 3, 1958 - no. 27
• Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts. "Masterpieces from the Adelaide Milton de Groot Collection," December 2, 1958–March 1, 1959 - no. 26
• Chicago, Amedeo Modigliani, Arts Club of Chicago, 1959
• Milwaukee, Amedeo Modigliani, Milwaukee Art Center, 1959
• Cincinnati,Amedeo Modigliani, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati Art Museum,1959 - no. 8
• Boston, Modigliani: Paintings and Drawings, Museum of Fine Arts, 1961 - no. 8
• Los Angeles, Modigliani: Paintings and Drawings, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1961 - no. 8
• Edinburgh, Modigliani,Royal Scottish Academy, 1963 - no. 8
• London, Modigliani, Tate Gallery, 1968 - no. 8
• Tokyo, Modigliani, Grand Magazin Seibu, 1963 - no. 23
• Kyoto, Modigliani, National Museum of Art , 1968 - no. 23
• Fukuoka , Modigliani, Fukuoka Cultural Center , 1968 - no. 23
• Paris, Le Bateaux-Lavoir: Berceau de l'art moderne, Musée Jacquemart-André, 1975–1976 - no. 48
• Bellingham, 5000 Years of Art: An Exhibition from the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whatcom Museum of History and Art. ", 1976–1977 - no. 73
• Oklahoma City, Masters of the Portrait, Oklahoma Museum of Art, 1979 - no. 35
• Tokyo, Modigliani exhibition, Daimaru, 1979 - no. 5
• Osaka, Modigliani exhibition, Daimaru, 1979 - no. 5
• Paris, Modigliani, Musée de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981 - no. 28
• Saitama, From Impressionism to École de Paris: Its Passion and Struggle, Museum of Modern Art, 1982 - no. 48
• Bellevue, Five Thousand Years of Faces, Bellevue Art Museum, 1983
• Tokyo, Modigliani exhibition, National Museum, 1985 - no. 51
• Nagoya, Modigliani exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, 1985 - no. 51
• Canberra, 20th Century Masters from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Australian National Gallery, 1986
• Brisbane, 20th Century Masters from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Queensland Art Gallery, 1986
• London, Italian Art in the 20th Century: Painting and Sculpture 1900–1988, Royal Academy of Arts, 1989 - no. 58
• Venice, Italian Art, 1900–1945, Palazzo Grassi, 1989
• Düsseldorf, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1991 - no. 30
• Zurich, Amedeo Modigliani: Malerei, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Kunsthaus, 1991 - no. 30
• New York, Painters in Paris: 1895–1950, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-2001
• Kyoto, Picasso and the School of Paris: Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 2002 - no. 33
• Tokyo, Picasso and the School of Paris: Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bunkamura Museum of Art, 2003 - no. 33
• New York, Artists' Artists, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004
• London, Modigliani and his models, Royal Academy of Arts, 2006 - no. 7
• Moscow, Meeting Modigliani, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, 2007 - no. 26
• Madrid, Modigliani y su tiempo, Museo Nacional Thyssen Bornemisza, 2008
• Bonn, Amedeo Modigliani: Ein Mythos der Moderne, Bundesrepublik, 2009 - no. 48
• London, Modigliani, Tate Modern, 2017-2018

Notes

Not in D'Atri papers?

Ears:

This painting probably has another painting under the visible paint layer ( X ray whould reveal it)

Juan Gris

biography

Juan Gris in 1922 by Man Ray:

There is another painting with Gris published by Lanthemann and actually at unknown location:

Where sources disagree, both readings are given. This is a working research page, not a catalogue raisonné.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art confirms Juan Gris, oil on canvas, 54.9 × 38.1 cm, inscribed “GRIS” upper right, accession 67.187.85, bequest of Adelaide Milton de Groot, 1967.