Amedeo Modigliani
1884-1920Study for Standing Nude Sculpture, c.1911
Stamped with the Paul Alexandre collection mark.
Black crayon
42.9 x 26.7 cms
16 7/8 x 10 1/2 ins
16 7/8 x 10 1/2 ins
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This drawing is one of the two frontal studies reproduced in the Noël Alexandre’s monograph, which are closest to Modigliani’s only full length [approximately 1.62 metres high] standing stone sculpture in the Australian National Gallery, Canberra [reproduced above].
Please return to Modigliani's Works For Sale page and click 'Publications' to read the full essay on 'Study for Standing Nude Sculpture.'
Please return to Modigliani's Works For Sale page and click 'Publications' to read the full essay on 'Study for Standing Nude Sculpture.'
This drawing is one of the two frontal studies reproduced in the Noël Alexandre’s monograph, which are closest to Modigliani’s only full length [approximately 1.62 metres high] standing stone sculpture in the Australian National Gallery, Canberra [reproduced above].
Please return to Modigliani's Works For Sale page and click 'Publications' to read the full essay on 'Study for Standing Nude Sculpture.'
Please return to Modigliani's Works For Sale page and click 'Publications' to read the full essay on 'Study for Standing Nude Sculpture.'
Provenance
Dr Paul Alexandre, Paris, who acquired it directly from Modigliani.
By descent to the present owner.
Exhibitions
Exhibited in Modigliani Drawings from the Collectio of Paul Alexandre at:Venice, Palazzo Grassi, September 1993 - January 1994.
Bruges, Centro D’Arte, San Giovanni, 1994.
Tokyo, Ueno Royal Museum, October - December 1994.
Montréal, Museum of Fine Art, February - April 1996.
Rouen, Musée des Beaux Arts, July - October 1996.
Literature
Publications
The Unknown Modigliani, by Noël Alexandre, Mercatorfonds, 1993. Page 223 [No. 146]12
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