15 3/4 x 10 1/2 ins
This moustached figure rushing forward with such grace, humour and charm seems to be launching himself into an acrobatic feat. He is drawn with the same distinctive violet crayon, on the same size sheet, as the ‘Female Trapeze Artist’ reproduced in ‘The Unknown Modigliani’ page 164 [no.66]. There is no other similar male figure reproduced in this monograph or, to my knowledge, elsewhere.
This moustached figure rushing forward with such grace, humour and charm seems to be launching himself into an acrobatic feat. He is drawn with the same distinctive violet crayon, on the same size sheet, as the ‘Female Trapeze Artist’ reproduced in ‘The Unknown Modigliani’ page 164 [no.66]. There is no other similar male figure reproduced in this monograph or, to my knowledge, elsewhere.
Provenance
Dr Paul Alexandre, Paris, to whom it was given by Modigliani.
By descent to the present owner.
Exhibitions
Exhibited in the following shows devoted to the Paul Alexandre Collection
Venice, Palazzo Grassi, 1993 - 1994.
Montréal, Museum of Fine Art, 1996.
Rouen, Musée des Beaux Arts, 1996.