Woman bust
Oil on canvas— 1907
Identification
- Title
- English: Woman bust.
- Date
- 1907
- Medium
- Oil on Canvas
- Dimensions
- 46.1 x 33.2 cm (Ceroni - Patani 45.5 x 32.5)
- Signature
- Signed "Modigliani" with the text "Paris' 07" left bottom
- Present location
- Private Collection?
Catalogue numbers
| Compiler | Number |
|---|---|
| Arthur Pfannstiel | NO |
| Joseph Lanthemann | no. 11 |
| Ambrogio Ceroni | no. 4 |
| Jeanne Modigliani | YES |
| Christian Parisot | ? |
| Osvaldo Patani | no. 8 |
| Modigliani Project | ? |
| MR | ? |
| Modigliani Research Project | 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 Research Project 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
- T. P. Grange, London, 1963
- Miss D. V. Watson, London
- Sold
- Sotheby's, London, 29 Nov 1989, lot 119
- Christie's, London, King Street, sale 6470 - Impressionist & modern art, 26 June 2001, lot 231, sold for £120,000 ($169,932 - €197.045,00)
- Christie's, London, King Street, sale 7859 - Impressionist/Modern day sale, 24 June 2010, lot 336, sold for £409,250 ($612,238)
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.
- Lanthemann, Catalogue Raisonne, G. Condal, Barcelona, 1970 - no. 111
- Ceroni & Piccioni, Il dipinti di Modigliani, Milan. 1970 - no. 42
- Patani, Catalogo Generale, Leonardo ed. Milano 1991-94 - no. 83
- Soto Caba, Modigliani, the timeless face, Libsa, 20074
Exhibitions
- Frankfurt, Kunstverein, Steinernes Haus, Amedeo Modigliani, 1963 - no. 22
Notes
No further documentary note is recorded in this investigation beyond the fields above. Where sources disagree, both readings are given.
Footnotes
- 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.
- Osvaldo Patani, Amedeo Modigliani: catalogo generale, Milan, Leonardo, 1991–94.
- Victoria Soto Caba, Modigliani: The Timeless Face, Madrid, Libsa, 2007.