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AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (1884-1920)

Lot 157
19.05.2026 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 157 | AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (1884-1920)
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (1884-1920)
Tête et buste
pencil on toned paper
11 5/8 x 18 ¼ in. (29.8 x 46.9 cm.)
Drawn in 1908




Provenance

Hunt and Mariska Diederich, Paris (acquired from the artist).
Cornelia T. and Sydney G. Biddle, West Chester, Pennsylvania (acquired from the above, by 1956).
Perls Galleries, New York (by 1979).
Private collection, New York.
Borghi & Co., New York.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, January 1992.



Literature

A. Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani: Dessins et sculptures, Milan, 1965, pp. 27-28, nos. 8-9 (illustrated, pp. 9-11).
G. Diehl, Modigliani, Lugano, 1969, p. 15.
O. Patani, Amedeo Modigliani: Catalogo generale disegni, 1906-1920, con i disegni provenienti dalla collezione Paul Alexandre, 1906-1914, Milan, 1992, p. 39, no. 7 (illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, Perls Galleries, The Sydney G. Biddle Collection, October-November 1956, no. 30 (illustrated).
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Tokyo, Daimaru Department Store and Osaka, Daimaru Department Store, Modigliani: Love and Nostalgia for Montparnasse, September-November 1979, no. 24.
Liège, Musée Saint-Georges, Modigliani, October-December 1980, p. 98, no. 27 (illustrated, p. 99).
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Amedeo Modigliani, March-June 1981, p. 171, no. 103 (illustrated, p. 170).
Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art and Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, Modigliani, July-November 1985, p. 32, no. 4 (illustrated).
Artist:Amedeo Modigliani (1884 - 1920)
Applied technique:Pencil
Medium:Acrylic glass, Plastic
Art style:Modern art, Avant-garde
Genre:Portrait
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Watercolors and drawings
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