Amedeo Modigliani

Femme nue vue de dos

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Auction Closed

March 2, 03:45 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Amedeo Modigliani

1884 - 1920

Femme nue vue de dos

stamped with the collector's mark and bears the number 19,0 (lower right)

crayon on paper

43 by 26.4cm., 17 by 10⅜in.

Framed: 59.6 by 49.2cm., 23½ by 19⅜in.

Executed in 1909.

Dr Paul Alexandre (acquired from the artist)
Private Collection (by descent from the above. Sold: Sotheby's, London, 27th June 2001, lot 211)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Noël Alexandre, The Unknown Modigliani. Drawings from the Collection of Paul Alexandre, New York, 1993, no. 89, illustrated p. 180
Osvaldo Patani, Amedeo Modigliani, Catalogo Generale, Disegni 1906-1920, Milan, 1994, no. 708, illustrated p. 334

Venice, Palazzo Grassi; London, The Royal Academy of Arts (travelling exhibition also passing through Cologne, Madrid, Bruges, Tokyo, Luxembourg, New York, Montreal & Rouen), Modigliani inconnu: Dessins de la Collection Paul Alexandre, 1993-96, no. 89, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

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